The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold an in-person public hearing in San Francisco at 9 a.m. on Monday to consider the nomination of California Supreme Court chambers attorney Matthew Scherb to the role of an associate justice of Div. Eight of this district’s Court of Appeal.

(Subscription required) The filing in U.S. District Court for the District of Central California cites the plaintiffs’ claims that the new Democrat-friendly maps rely on unconstitutional race-based gerrymandering.

(Subscription required) The four-week trial, featuring plaintiffs Monica Kent and Deborah Schultz, two women who got ovarian cancer, is the first from among talcum powder lawsuits coordinated in California’s state courts and could be a harbinger for similar trials in 2026.

Through the program, students learn firsthand how the judicial system works and why civic understanding matters. It’s designed to make civic education accessible to every school by bringing local judges to campus — giving students who can’t travel to a courthouse the opportunity to experience the judicial process up close.