The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday did exactly what it indicated it would do more than four months ago: It rejected California's appeal of a lower court's order that the state draft and submit a plan to reduce its prison population.
The nation's top court also repeated it is waiting for the Schwarzenegger administration's appeal of the lower court's final order. That final order was issued Jan. 12 and adopts the state's revised plan and mandates the reduction.