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Saturday, January 28, 2012

“California high court backs panel’s new state Senate districts; Even if a GOP-backed proposal to scrap the new plan qualifies for the November ballot, the map produced by a citizens commission is ‘clearly the most appropriate’ for the election, the court says”: Maura Dolan and Patrick McGreevy have this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Court rejects bid to hold up new voting districts.”

The Sacramento Bee reports that “Supreme Court validation of maps could give Democrats two-thirds Senate majority.”

The San Jose Mercury News reports that “State Supreme Court spurns Republican request to keep old maps.”

And Jason Hoppin of The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that “State high court allows new political maps; Decision likely means Sen. Blakeslee won’t run.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“US Justice Sotomayor arrives on Saipan”: The Saipan Tribune has a news update that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor received a warm island greeting and leis when she arrived on Saipan around 6:30pm Saturday. Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice, is the first sitting U.S. Supreme Court justice to step foot in the CNMI.” Yesterday’s edition of the newspaper reported that “Fitial to meet with Sotomayor on Sunday.”

And as Pacific Business News has noted in articles that you can access here and here, Justice Sonia Sotomayor will take part in the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law‘s US Supreme Court Jurists-in-Residence Program before returning to Washington, DC.

Posted at 8:11 AM by Howard Bashman