As its 250th anniversary nears, teachers like Karalee Wong Nakatsuka face the challenge of bringing the nation’s founding documents and the Revolution alive while presenting an accurate account of what happened — and what it all means today.

The resentencing request stems from changes in California law over the past several years. Senate Bill 1437, which took effect Jan. 1, 2019, created a pathway for people convicted of murder to seek resentencing, but did not initially apply to attempted murder cases.

A decision could change product liability law ​if it effectively required drugmakers to spend more to develop and ​quickly commercialize alternative products, sometimes called a "duty to innovate." The case ⁠was brought by about 24,000 HIV patients who took Gilead drugs made with ​tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, or TDF.

“I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” he said. “I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.”