According to new state data, 5,280 students from eight Orange County school districts and OCDE’s Pacific Coast High School earned the State Seal of Civic Engagement in 2024–25, a 2.1 percent increase from the prior year. 

This year, the Brennan Center updated its data to offer a snapshot of the composition of every state supreme court plus the highest court in Washington, DC, as of November 12, 2025, including information on justices’ demographics and professional backgrounds

The Superior Court of California, County of Imperial, is celebrating a milestone year for its Judges in the Classroom, an educational initiative powered by the statewide Power of Democracy program. This year, the court successfully fulfilled every single classroom request, marking the second consecutive year of full participation and demonstrating the court’s commitment to civic learning throughout Imperial County.

The question at the heart of the case the Supreme Court agreed to hear is what exactly it means to arrive in the United States, because according to federal law, any immigrant “who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States … at a designated port of arrival … may apply for asylum.”