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SCOCA year in review 2021 | SCOCAblog
Overview
Our review of the California Supreme Court year in 2021 will focus on the court’s immediate future, and we see two possible viewpoints there. From one perspective the court is in harmony, wit...
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Opinion Analysis: In re Humphrey (S247278) | SCOCAblog
On March 25, 2021, the California Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in
In re Humphrey (S247278). The case presented two key questions concerning bail: whether cash bail is unconstit...
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SCOCA year in review 2020 | SCOCAblog
Overview
Let’s first agree that 2020 was terrible: a calamitous presidency, raging wildfires, civil unrest, and a once-in-a-century pandemic. Those combined disasters forced California courts into imp...
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To preserve our constitutional democracy we must teach civics | SCOCAblog
February 14, 2023
Our nation faces a problem: as civil discourse becomes more partisan and heated, with fewer spaces available for neutral debate and collaborative discussion, more people will become ...
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SCOCA | SCOCAblog
SCOCA Year in Review 2017: (Almost the) Brown Court With Justice Werdegar’s retirement (her last day was August 31), Governor Brown has a rare opportunity to appoint a fourth justice to the California...
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Event announcement: California redistricting 2021 | SCOCAblog
Every ten years, based upon the census, states redraw lines for congressional and state legislative seats; some win, some lose. This intensely political process was delayed and reshaped this year by t...