(Subscription required) "I feel I can use my strength to help people and make those tough decisions," the commissioner said. The way she sees it, there are two roles to her assignment: "Making sure that everyone feels heard, no matter what their walk of life is, but also balancing that against the effective management of this department."

(Subscription required) Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday, arguing the state doesn’t have the right to regulate his social media site’s content moderation policies.

(Subscription required) "Had the State Bar carried out its mission of protecting the public, this complaint, and many others like it, would not be necessary," said the complaint filed by two former clients of disgraced plaintiffs lawyer Tom Girardi.

Court rules provide several limits on what the Supreme Court will consider in cases it has chosen to decide. However, those constraints don’t handcuff the court. They’re general limits that the court can and will sometimes choose not to follow.