(Subscription required) A 9th Circuit en banc panel upholds a federal law barring nonviolent felons from possessing firearms, reversing a prior ruling and deepening a circuit split, with experts predicting a likely Supreme Court appeal.

Assemblymember Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, in February introduced Assembly Bill 1261, which would require the state to pay organizations to provide a lawyer to all unaccompanied immigrant children in California. During the last fiscal year, alone, more than 10,800 of them were released into the care of family members and other sponsors across the state after they were taken into custody by immigration authorities.

(Subscription required) Judge LaDoris Cordell's complaint to the state bar challenges DA Brooke Jenkins' pattern of publicly attacking judges for lawful rulings she dislikes--an issue of judicial integrity, not free speech.

Juror Appreciation Week this year is May 12–16, one way California courts recognize citizens for making the justice system work. Learn about initiatives to improve the jury system in California.