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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBElections officials say it wouldn’t be difficult to transition back to a hard Election Day deadline, which was in place until 2022. -
Rahmat Gul/AP File PhotoThe Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student's approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.
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Oregon led the coalition of states arguing the president did not have the authority to levy widespread import taxes. -
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that President Trump does not have the authority to impose broad tariffs under the emergency act he has cited. Tariffs have affected California ports, farms, businesses, workers and consumers. -
Supporters of Measure 114 are confident in their chances to defend the law despite some uncertainty over the viability of high-capacity magazine bans. -
The decision marks yet another blow to the conservative group’s quest to strike down the measure, which has also drawn criticism from some First Amendment advocates. -
A Supreme Court decision in a Humboldt County case could expand the right to jury trials when fighting fines. -
Many California cities require homebuilders to create affordable housing or pay fees to support construction of those units. A new lawsuit contends those fees are unconstitutional. -
The federal ruling requires a way for parents to opt out on religious grounds. Oregon’s new law includes a similar provision but in a different context. -
A federal court ruled last year that Humboldt residents can challenge county fines for illegal cannabis operations. Now, plaintiffs want the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in. -
The decision ends a decade-long fight led by 11 young Oregonians and 10 of their peers across the nation against the U.S. government over climate inaction. -
It’s been eight months since the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed how cities in California and beyond can respond to homeless encampments, allowing them to clear camps and arrest people for sleeping outside — even when there’s nowhere else to sleep. -
Cities across California have passed measures banning or restricting encampments following the U.S. Supreme Court giving the go-ahead in a ruling out of Grants Pass, Oregon. Now some attorneys who represent homeless campers are champing at the bit to put these new ordinances before a jury -
In June, the nation’s highest court ruled in favor of the City of Grants Pass, deciding that cities could impose criminal penalties without running afoul of constitutional provisions against cruel and unusual punishment.
