Alex Padilla: “it's clear that the current law governing recusal gives judges and Justices a lot of discretion when making recusal…”

For these reasons and our deep concern regarding the treatment and protection of unaccompanied children, we call for an independent, timely, transparent, and public investigation at both the state and federal level into this award.

Extending this constitutional protection to private individuals — who hold no official government position, take no oath to support the Constitution, and are exempt from federal ethics and record-keeping laws — fundamentally distorts the…

I’m grateful to the leaders on the front lines who are fighting back, and I will continue doing my part in Congress to protect the critical programs that Californians depend on.

Should this egregious trend continue, 11 projects in 10 states…that anticipate signing a CIG grant agreement this year could be subjected to senseless delay.