Justice Guerrero confirmed as Chief Justice

At this morning's CJA hearing, Justice Guerrero was confirmed as Chief Justice of California. Newsroom story here, noting "Justice Guerrero must now be elected by voters at the Nov. 8 general election in order to assume office in January."

The DJ reports Justice is part of panel studying roots of veteran criminality about how Justice Eileen Moore will serve on a 15-member commission "to explore why so many military veterans end up in jail or prison."

Law.com has The Marble Palace Blog: An Inside Look at How Justices Handled Oral Arguments During the Pandemic -- During a recent conference, Justice Elena Kagan explained why colleagues were “very split” on how to make oral arguments work in the COVID-19 era.

Law.com also has Will Judicial Polarization Lead to More Strategic 'Unpublished' Opinions? -- Because unpublished opinions aren’t precedential and don’t typically get reviewed by full courts, some court watchers worry that panels could use them to get their desired outcome in a particular case without making changes to the law.