The Supreme Court today affirms the death penalty in People v. Barrett for a 1996 stabbing murder of a cellmate by a prisoner who was already serving a life sentence for a prior murder. The jury had rejected the defendant’s claim of self defense.

In a new video series on YouTube, sitting and retired judges from across California answer questions from the public about the judicial branch’s relationship with the executive branch, the ability for judges to enforce their orders, and public recourse if they believe a judge is exhibiting bias.

The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s decision to dispatch armed troops to Los Angeles continued Monday, with California asking a federal court to consider how long National Guard members can stay on the ground and whether the deployment violates a 147-year-old law that bars using the military against civilians.

A federal judge says the Trump administration acted illegally when it ordered San Francisco public schools and the city of Santa Fe, N.M., to stop promoting racial and gender diversity in their AmeriCorps volunteer programs or they would lose their federal funding.