Oral arguments will take place just a few months after the court's recent move to allow Texas's six-week abortion ban to take effect, a ruling that left abortion opponents hopeful about their prospects in the upcoming dispute over Mississippi's 15-week ban.

California courts quickly transformed their operations to remain accessible amid public health and safety concerns arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Judicial Council report that reviewed case trends. The report also shows that remote proceedings have improved case clearance rates and cleared previous case backlogs in some areas.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its precedents protecting a woman’s right to decide before viability whether to carry a pregnancy to term. In an amicus brief filed with the Court, the coalition argues that Mississippi’s pre-viability abortion ban is unconstitutional and should remain unconstitutional.

The Orange County Superior Court judge who recused himself endorsed a prosecutor's judicial campaign, then was assigned a murder case in which that prosecutor could be a key witness in pretrial proceedings over alleged misconduct involving jail informants.