Your daily ration of civil justice rationing
As the nation watches racially heated events in Ferguson, Missouri unfold, the city of Los Angeles is going about disassembling what critics have called its āschools-to-prisonā pipeline, ending policies that turned school issues into police issues. But the… Read More
Under the downsized and more expensive California court systems, officials are reporting that some types of cases like probate, mental health, dependency, personal injury, property damage, and wrongful death claims continue increasing. But public-access civil cases like small… Read More
The federal government is creating ārocket docketsā to process unaccompanied border children, hoping to slow the flow of children by showing a policy of quick returns. Critics are responding that the new practice moves too quickly in a… Read More
The Los Angeles Times is breaking down where the children caught illegally crossing the border are going, noting that cities like Washington with large populations from the originating countries are getting the most newcomers. The Times says reports… Read More
The tens of thousands of āborder childrenā immigration cases are being moved to the front of the line in immigration courts, often moving ahead of people who have waited for years to have their day in court, says… Read More
