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Undocumented Law Student May Be Able To Practice

Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Law Students, Bar Exam, Education, Video, California Supreme Court, Immigration, Florida Supreme Court, Latino Prosperity, New York Supreme Court Justice, Latino Voices News

Sergio Garcia graduated from California State University in Chico and works as paralegal. He passed the California State Bar exam in July 2009. A...

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California (And Every Other State) Should Pass a Law for Exercise Breaks

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Long Term Health Benefits, Employee Free Choice Act, Exercise, Workplace Law, Mandated Work Breaks, Meal Breaks, California, California Supreme Court, Workers Rights, Business News

Most working people do not go hungry because they have no time to eat. Even the most rushed individuals can usually gulp a meal bar in five minutes. What they do lack, however, is time for exercise.

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California Supreme Court Chooses Citizen Redistricting Commission Senate Maps

Vince Barabba | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: California Redistricting, Redistricting, Gerrymandering, California, Citizens Redistricting Commision, California Supreme Court, Politics News

The California Supreme Court, in a unanimous 7-0 decision, has upheld the Citizens Redistricting Commission's State Senate maps for use in the upcoming 2012 elections.

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'The Negative Effect Of Redevelopment On Our Resources Has Been Enormous'

| Posted 03.06.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Kendall Taggart As cities statewide bemoan the California Supreme Court's recent decis...

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Gay Rights and the U.S. Supreme Court

Laurence Watts | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Dadt, US Supreme Court, 2012 Presidential Election, Ted Olson, Prop 8, Doma, Gay Marriage, California Supreme Court, US Senate, Gay Rights, Gay Voices News

Unless gay men and women reengage themselves with U.S. politics, they could face an unfriendly president and Senate after November 2012, just when key gay rights cases arrive at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Goodwin H. Liu Confirmed to California Supreme Court: A Lesson for the Country

Marcia D. Greenberger | Posted 11.06.2011

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August 31 was a good day for all those who care about justice, and an object lesson for the U.S. Senate. The California state Commission on Judicial A...

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California's Gay Marriage Ban Faces Next Legal Hurdle

AP/The Huffington Post | By LISA LEFF | Posted 11.06.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California's highest court seems inclined to side with backers of the state's same-sex marriage ban in thinking that the state C...

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UC Berkeley Professor Confirmed To California Supreme Court

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 10.31.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — A U.C. Berkeley law professor whose nomination to a federal appeals court was blocked by Senate Republicans was unanimously appr...

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CA Supreme Court Upholds Manhattan Beach Plastic Bag Ban

AP | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Justice Carol Corrigan, Manhattan Beach Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bag Ban, Save the Bag Coalition, California Supreme Court, Los Angeles News

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court says Manhattan Beach can ban retailers from using plastic bags without going through a lengthy envi...

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Denver Archbishop On U.S. Supreme Court's Violent Video Game Ruling

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Supreme Court Video Games, Video Games and Children, Violent Video Games, Denver Archbishop, Video Games Affect Kids, Charles Chaput, California-Video-Games, Kotaku Arch Bishop, California Supreme Court, Violent Video Game, Chaput, Denver News

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, but the Archbishop of Denver isn't a fan of violent video games. When the U.S. Supreme Court recently st...

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Don't Go Away Mad, Just Go Away: The Supreme Court Closes Up Shop

David Coleman | Posted 09.05.2011

Closing down for the summer is not the Roberts Court's only disappearing act. During this past term, a disturbing trend emerged of withdrawing the courts from their historic and institutional role in providing justice for ordinary Americans.

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'Pimp' Goes Unchanged by CA Supreme Court

AP | Posted 08.03.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A divided California Supreme Court has refused to narrow the definition of illegal pandering. The court ruled 5-2 on Thursday that p...

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California Judge Keeps Gay Marriage On Hold

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, Proposition 8, Proposition 8 Appeal, California Supreme Court, Judge Vaughn Walker, Los Angeles News

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court has refused to allow gay marriages to take place in California while it considers the constitutionality of th...

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Federal Court Asked To Resume Gay Marriages In California

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prop 8, Ted Olson, David Boies, David Boies Ted Olson, Gay Marriage, California Supreme Court, Los Angeles News

SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers for two same-sex couples again asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to allow gay marriage to resume in California ...

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell: ZIP Code Queries At The Register

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Zip Code, Point of Sale, Jessica Pineda, Williams-Sonoma, California Supreme Court, Cash Register, Los Angeles News

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that merchants can no longer ask for the ZIP codes of customers who make purchases w...

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California's Humpty-Dumpty Law

Gautam Dutta | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although SB 6 is sitting on a wall, its Humpty-Dumpty election rules do not have to fall.

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California Illegal Immigrants Entitled To In-State Tuition, Court Says

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court weighed in Monday on the politically charged immigration fray when it ruled that illegal immigrants...

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Debate Over Illegal Immigrant Tuition Goes To Calif. Supreme Court

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Josh Keller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of California, Illegal Immigrant Tuition, Carol a Corrigan, The West, California Supreme Court, College News

California's Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a closely watched case over whether a state law that allows illegal immigrants to pay cheaper...

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California Supreme Court Upholds Law Granting Undocumented Students In-State Tuition

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The California Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld AB 540, a law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition -- rather...

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Albert Brown's Execution Cancelled Again: State Runs Out Of Lethal Injection Drug

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — California's first execution attempt in nearly five years collapsed Wednesday amid two adverse court rulings in as many days and...

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Federal Court Overturns CA's Prop 8 Ban on Gay Marriage. Closeted Republicans Everywhere Rejoice

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Following the Walker decision, gays from New York to California rejoiced over the decision, and were no doubt joined in celebration from the likes of Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, Bob Allen and countless others.

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Felony Marijuana Cases Getting Tossed Out Of Court

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Police in a northern California town thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana f...

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When Should Gay Marriage Advocates Try to Reverse California's Prop 8?

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Brolin, Dan White, Proposition 8, Milk, Ohio, George W. Bush, American Association of Political Consultants, Jill Darling, Dianne Feinstein, Equality California, Gale Kaufman, Sean Penn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Amy Simon, Frank Schubert, Harvey Milk, Barack Obama, 2012, Gavin Newsom, 2010, Bulworth, 2008, John Kerry, California Supreme Court, Jerry Brown, Mark Baldassare, Bruno, Courage Campaign, David Binder, Gay Marriage, Mark Di Camillo, Politics News

This week, a few organizations championing same-sex marriage will announce their opinions as to whether to try to reverse Prop 8 in 2010 or 2012.

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Gay-Married At Last

Isobel White | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, California, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, California Supreme Court, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

When I was finally pronounced legally married, I wasn't in a church, nor a garden, nor at City Hall. I wasn't with any of my loved ones. In fact, I wasn't even with my wife.

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Bank Of America Can Take Social Security Benefits To Cover Overdraft Fees

Los Angeles Times | Maura Dolan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Bank of America Class Action Suit, Overdraft Fees, Social Security Benefits, California Supreme Court, Personal Finance, Business News

The California Supreme Court unanimously overturned a billion-dollar class-action award against Bank of America Corp. on Monday, ruling that banks can...

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