The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an effort by Republican legislators to delay Democrats from gerrymandering the state's congressional districts. The justices said the legal challenge, filed earlier this week, "failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief at this time under" the California Constitution.

The court said the petitioners “failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief at this time” under the state’s constitution.

California's Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.

California Democrats proposed a redistricting plan that would conceivably take five congressional seats away from Republicans.

The California Supreme Court sided with environmental groups in a Thursday ruling, saying that state lawyers were wrong in their claim that the Public Utilities Commission’s decision to slash rooftop solar incentives could not be challenged.

Lawsuit filed by Water Audit California, Bring Back the Kern and other public interest groups against city of Bakersfield for “dewatering” the river. 2023:

Republican lawmakers in California filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking the state Supreme Court to step in and stop Democrats from moving forward with a plan to redraw congressional districts by delaying key votes at the state Capitol this week.

What if you were only allowed to make one purchase of printers, signs, or gear for podcasts per month? Would you consider that fully respectful of your free speech rights? Or would you view it as an attempt to muffle people's natural right to speak out—and perhaps a hint of more restrictions to come?