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40.3 Judicial branch. 41 See ... B. Johnson judicial appointment controversies. ... 1998 Republican Primary Election for the 41st Congressional District in California.
The California Commission on Judicial Performance is responsible for investigating complaints of judicial misconduct, judicial incapacity, and disciplining state judges, and is composed of 11 members, each appointed four-year terms: 3 judges appointed by the California Supreme Court, 4 members appointed by the governor (2 attorneys and 2 non ...
The 3rd district once extended up the Sacramento Valley from Sacramento to take in rural territory up to Tehama County.Once a Democratic bastion, the district was pushed into more rural and Republican-leaning territory after the 1990 census, and finally elected a Republican in 1998.
(The Center Square) - California was ranked the nation’s fifth-worst “judicial hellhole” this year, improving from its third-place ranking last year by the American Tort Reform Foundation, a ...
Courts of California include: Headquarters of the Supreme Court of California, in San Francisco. State courts of record of California. Supreme Court of California [1] California Courts of Appeal (6 appellate districts) [2] Superior Courts of California (58 courts, one for each county) [3] State quasi-administrative courts of California
California's government consists of three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The California State Legislature is bicameral.The lower house, the California State Assembly, has 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, has 40 members. [2]
The judiciary of California interprets and applies the law, and is defined under the Constitution, law, and regulations. The judiciary has a hierarchical structure with the Supreme Court at the apex. The superior courts are the primary trial courts, and the courts of appeal are the primary appellate courts.
[3] One quirk of California law is that when a party petitions the appellate courts for a writ of mandate (California's version of mandamus), the case name becomes [petitioner name] v. Superior Court (that is, the superior court is the respondent on appeal), and the real opponent is then listed below those names as the "real party in interest".