The relationship of church and state remains a thorny and litigious subject, judging by the number of cases that continue to come before the U.S.
The 2,230 identical, computer-printed letters (Dec. 8) from members of "Californians to Defeat Rose Bird" provided unintended symbolism of the kind of appellate judges Howard Jarvis' organization would like to foist upon the people of this state.
It is hard for people like me to decide how to vote for Rose Bird.
The state Court of Appeal has agreed to consider a request by the Friends of Westwood for a
The Supreme Court has typically missed the point.
The implications of the Supreme Court ruling on Black Monday, June 30, 1986, are staggering.
The World Court is expected to rule against U.S.
Thank you for printing George Will's expose of the Supreme Court's fanaticism on the abortion issue.
Court of Appeal on Tuesday ruled against a group of anti-incorporation activists who argued that the
I would like to lend my support to The Times editorial (Jan. 17) regarding the student-search decision created by U.S.
As a seeker of truth and justice, and as a student of the media, I must hereby assert myself to protest the abuse of the term "independence" by the judiciary and the media.
Christopher correctly observes that "Our state Constitution permits the people to vote on their judges, a right that surely recognizes that citizens can evaluate whether incumbents have been faithful to their responsibilities."
I appreciated the fine article by Warren Christopher about Justice Joseph Grodin.
I applaud your paper's (inevitably unpopular) stance.
Your editorial (Oct. 20), "Support for the Justices," broke this camel's back.
By holding that the Immigration and Naturalization Service was applying too tough a standard in deciding which refugees should be allowed to remain in this country, the U.S.
Your editorial and Conrad's depiction of the U.S.
Your editorial looked at the right evidence, but drew the wrong conclusion.
I share your sense of deep shame that Justices Rehnquist, Powell, White, O'Connor and Scalia dismissed the evidence that "relentlessly documents" racial bias in the imposition of capital punishment.
The clamor over the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H.