Courtside

Three years ago, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation's first law requiring women on those boards even though he admitted that it might not survive legal challenges. So did an analysis by the state assembly, which concluded that a quota system "may be difficult to defend." That quota system is at the center of the legal challenge by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group claiming that the law violates the state constitution's equal-protection clause.

In Oxford Township, Michigan, 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley allegedly shot 11 at his Oxford High School, killing four students and injuring six students and a teacher. Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald is charging Crumbley as an adult. These developments likely come as a shock to no one. What is different about this case is that Crumbley's parents are now joining him in jail in what could be a new legal strategy for trying to curb deadly incidents like this.

A judge ruled that a township board in Minnesota can't burden a family living on the end of a township road by not maintaining it. This may not sound like earthshaking news, but in Minnesota, the plight of the Crisman family in its legal fight with Hillman Township has captured broad public attention as a class quarrel between entrenched locals and newly arrived outsiders.

After several days of jury deliberation, Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty last week of murdering two people and injuring another during racial justice protests last summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This post attempts to cut through the noise and answer the question of why the jury found Rittenhouse not guilty.

Amazon has avoided responsibility for numerous traffic accidents, including fatal ones, involving delivery drivers who the company pressures to meet demanding schedules. The reason: Amazon doesn't employ the drivers. Third-party "delivery service providers" do.

Legal experts are scratching their heads over a case involving the seizure of cash generated by an activity that is legal in one state and illegal in another. In May, a county sheriff in Kansas seized a cash-transport van containing $166,000 in cash generated by a medical marijuana dispensary in…