Judges and Judiciary,
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California Supreme Court
Feb. 14, 2022
Newsom may get chance to remake state Supreme Court
“The Brown court could soon become the Newsom court,” said David A. Carrillo, executive director of UC Berkeley School of Law’s California Constitution Center.
Four candidates are leading in the behind-the-scenes battle of a vacant state Supreme Court seat, but the race has been complicated by the possibility that Justice Leondra R. Kruger might be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Joe Biden has promised to choose a Black woman by the end of the month to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Kruger is one of the leading candidates. Kruger may not be chosen, but attorne...
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