Maia Spoto has this detailed piece for Bloomberg Law.

It begins, “California’s Supreme Court is ready to intervene again if the federal government sends immigration enforcement agents to state courthouses. The state judiciary is preparing to defend itself, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said, by reviewing ‘what has happened in the past,’ which includes high-profile clashes between former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye and President Donald Trump’s prior administration over access to justice for migrants.”

But the article is about potential federal-state conflicts in more areas than immigration. It identifies types of cases in which California courts might offer more protection than the feds, such as those with issues in privacy, civil rights, consumer protection, education, and criminal law (including the death penalty).

I’m quoted in the article.

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Chief Justice pledges to protect court access against disruptive federal immigration actions and addresses a wide range of other issues at her annual meeting with the media