(Subscription required) Los Angeles County claims the facility complies with staffing requirements and that its closure would put both the public and vulnerable youths at risk. The petition also accuses the state of misapplying local standards instead of state regulations during inspections.

(Subscription required) From being called "Counselor" as a child by his Jamaican father to overseeing criminal dockets in Fullerton, Judge Brian A.S. Waite has built a courtroom culture rooted in communication and compassion. Appointed to the bench in 2023, Waite's approach is part legal precision, part human connection--earning him praise from both sides of the aisle.

(Subscription required) The illegal deportation and continued imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego García--despite court orders and government admissions of error -has laid bare a full-blown constitutional crisis, as a defiant executive branch ignores the rule of law, punishes truth-tellers, and openly wages war on judicial authority.

(Subscription required) The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in May on the scope of injunctive relief, with major implications for presidential authority and judicial reach. The Trump administration appears to be trying to avoid a direct challenge, for now, to the long-standing birthright citizenship precedent set by Wong Kim Ark.