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In 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown nominated Kruger to a seat on the Supreme Court of California. She was confirmed, and was sworn in on January 5, 2015. Kruger was considered a potential nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States, following the announcement of Justice Stephen Breyer's intention to retire in 2022. [3] [4]
The Supreme Court of California is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex of the judiciary of California. [1] Its membership consists of the Chief Justice of California and six associate justices who are nominated by the Governor of California and appointed after confirmation by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments. [2]
On July 26, 2011, California Gov. Jerry Brown nominated Liu to a seat on the Supreme Court of California. [41] In submitting his nomination, Brown said that "[Liu] is a nationally recognized expert on constitutional law and has experience in private practice, [in] government service and in the academic community.
Joshua Paul Groban (born August 15, 1973) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. He was appointed to the California Supreme Court by Governor Jerry Brown on November 14, 2018. [3]
The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in San Francisco at the Earl Warren Building , [ 1 ] but it regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacramento . [ 2 ]
As there was a Supreme Court vacancy at the time of the 2016 presidential campaign, advisors to then-candidate Donald Trump developed, and Trump made public, two lists of potential Supreme Court nominees. [8] [9] Ruth Bader Ginsburg officially accepting the nomination as associate justice from President Bill Clinton on June 14, 1993
On Election Night, with more than 5.5 million votes cast, only a few thousand votes separated the two Supreme Court candidates. With all 2,658 precincts in on, Griffin led by 9,851 votes.
In February 2022, Guerrero was nominated by Governor Gavin Newsom to replace Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar on the Supreme Court of California. Guerrero was approved by a 3-0 vote of the Commission on Judicial Appointments on March 22, 2022 [6] and is the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court of California. [5]