Monday evening at the Supreme Court I attended the launch party of SCOCAblog, a new blog devoted to comprehensive coverage of the California Supreme Court and the California Constitution. The blog is the brainchild of Prof. David Carrillo, founder of BerkeleyLaw’s California Constitution Center, in partnership with the faculty of UC Hastings College of the Law. The blog’s launch is, of course, particularly timely in view of Governor Brown’s recent appointments to the Court.
We wish SCOCAblog and its founders all success in this worthwhile endeavor. When we launched At the Lectern more than four years ago, we explained the need for a blog to cover our high court in the following terms:
California has the ninth largest economy on the globe and produces everything from computers to feature films to world renowned wines and produce. The Golden State is ethnically, racially, culturally and linguistically diverse. In short, California is a microcosm of the world.
The California Supreme Court sits at the apex of the vast judicial system that has primary responsibility for resolving legal disputes for the state’s 38 million residents, as well as millions of others who come to California each year for business or pleasure. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has primary responsibility for overseeing the administration of that system. The Supreme Court regularly construes statutes enacted by the Legislature, resolves disagreements among the Courts of Appeal and decides contentious and often divisive issues that affect the lives of vast numbers of people.
We are particularly pleased to report that we have an agreement in principle whereby SCOCAblog will carry some of At the Lectern’s content in the near future. We look forward to a long and productive association.
