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California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown did not set out to become the first black female nominated to the United ...

Sandra Day O'Connor was the last justice who held elective office, as a state senator in Arizona. In today's court, every ...

California and Hawaii banned guns from various public venues. A federal appeals court dusted off the history books to help ...

Apache Stronghold and its allies traveled from California to Washington, praying along the way as they sought support for ...

Most states require some sort of high school civics instruction. But with surveys showing that a third of American adults can ...

The state is battling an effort by industry groups to invalidate its power to set strong tailpipe emissions rules.

The American gymnast is taking the fight to have her Olympic bronze medal on floor exercise to the highest court in ...

California may enforce its recent ban on guns in some 'sensitive places,' but not others, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th ...