(Subscription required) Former Calaveras Superior Court Commissioner Bradley W. Sullivan walked into his court's self-help center while wearing his judicial robe and told a litigant, "I messed up," according to the Commission on Judicial Performance.

The State Bar of California's Board of Trustees on May 9 voted to extend an existing provisional licensure program, which it had enacted in 2020 when the bar exam was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, to give unsuccessful February bar examinees or those who withdrew a period of two years to pass that test while working under supervision.

More than a century ago, the Chinese American man from California successfully defended his right to birthright citizenship before the Supreme Court — a victory that’s been foundational to the country’s modern-day understanding of who is American. Now Wong’s landmark case is being cited in the flurry of briefs filed against President Donald Trump’s executive order to deny U.S. citizenship to babies born to undocumented immigrants and lawful permanent residents.

Federal courts have found that cities and counties can act as sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants and do not have to turn them over to federal agents for deportation. Federal judges have ruled that all children who were born in the United States are U.S. citizens, rejecting President Donald Trump’s argument that citizenship does not extend to children of undocumented immigrants.