An article in The Orange County Register says California is the nation’s sixth happiest state, behind Hawaii (No. "The American Supreme Court," Sixth Edition. Correspondent David Spunt has a preview of the slate of big cases facing the high court in 2020. Gavin Newsom announced Monday his nomination for Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. Only time will tell. “Vote because your vote will determine the next leader of the free world,” people say. The Supreme Court reversed, concluding that a parent's IHSS compensation to provide care to keep a developmentally disabled child at home is excluded from income under 24 Code of Federal Regulations part 5.609(c)(16). (AP Photo/Gerry Broome), Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks with members of the media at Trophy Brewing and Pizza during a campaign visit in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Under the current 1879 constitution, the Court expanded to six associate justices and one chief justice, for the current total of seven. If states could not implement loyalty laws for electors, one could envision a scenario in which electors secretly meet (presumably in a smoke-filled Zoom room) and decide they must do something to stop the results. January 2015–Present. Plaintiff and her daughters received housing assistance through Section 8 of the United States Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. The Supreme Court of California is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex … The California Supreme Court Headquarters, San Francisco. 1437 et seq., and Plaintiff received compensation to provide in-home supportive care for her disabled daughter through the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program. He would be the third African American and first openly gay California Supreme Court justice. January 2015–Present. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome). Not everyone thinks the law was a good idea. The Supreme Court held that a Section 8 beneficiary's compensation for providing in-home care for a severely disabled adult daughter should be excluded from income in calculating the rental subsidy. The current chief of the court is Tani Cantil-Sakauye.. As of October 2020, four judges on the court were appointed by Democratic governors and two judges were appointed by Republican governors. “A drive through the valley now, it’s just unimaginable.”, “Every drop of wine was like a miracle this year, the viticulture was so hard,” said Jean-Baptiste Rivail, general manager at Newton Vineyard. In California is a roundup of news from across USA Today network newsrooms. If confirmed, he would be the court's first gay member … “At times those sensibilities are relevant to the resolution of a case and at times they are not,” he said. Jenkins called the appointment “surreal" during an interview with The Associated Press. Use the unsubscribe link in those emails to opt out at any time. Disclaimer: Justia Annotations is a forum for attorneys to summarize, comment on, and analyze case law published on our site. Each state has a different number of electors, which equals the total number of federal representatives that state has. Correspondent David Spunt has a preview of the slate of big cases facing the high court in 2020. (Photo: stock from pexels.com). If confirmed, he would be the court's first gay member and the third Black person to serve on it. Leondra Kruger. The answer is, not really. Technically, voters vote for electors, members of the Electoral College who then vote for the president and vice president every four years in December. Like most modern systems, what happens now is a result of history. Goodwin Liu. The legislation will require people from “underrepresented communities” to have at least one seat on corporate boards in California by the end of 2021. “When we talk about racial justice, we talk about power and needing to have seats at the table,” the governor said last week. Current Members. Gov. Unfortunately for many Californians, the Electoral College is … Another day, another unfortunate wildfire milestone: On Monday, it was reported that the August Complex — which began in mid-August as dozens of fires ignited by lightning in the Mendocino National Forest and by September had become California's largest fire on record —had burned more than 1 million acres of land. Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the supreme court of the United States shall consist of a chief justice and five associate justices, any four of whom shall be a quorum, and shall hold annually at the seat of government two sessions, the one commencing the first Monday of February, and the other the first Monday of August. Want to submit a guest commentary or reaction to an article we wrote? (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at Shaw University during a campaign visit in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. [OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR VIA AP] (Photo: AP). Put another way, the Electoral College disfavors the voting power of Californians. In short, the Judiciary Act of 1801 was passed by President John Adams and Congress to reduce the number down to five justices, but then-incoming President Thomas Jefferson repealed that act and put the number of justices back up to six. But as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision, there will be no (virtual) backroom deal among electors. The California Supreme Court hears oral argument in Los Angeles three times each year. In 1837, 30 years after the first major change, the number of justices increased to nine. "More than 2 centuries of Supreme Court justices, in 18 numbers."