California Supreme Court
Aug. 29, 2013
A case evoking justices' personal histories
As the court prepares to decide whether an undocumented immigrant can become a licensed attorney, it is the justices' personal histories that could influence how they perceive the case as much as any one statute or brief.
"America taught me that the boundaries of achievement are set largely by the individual."
So California Supreme Court Justice Joyce Kennard told a biographer in 2001. Next week, Kennard and her colleagues on the court will hear a case that tests the legal boundaries to achievement. The question is whether an undocumented immigrant who passed the State Bar can become a licensed attorney.
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