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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]
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] On August 10, 2022, Governor Newsom nominated Guerrero to serve as the chief justice of California. [7] On August 26, she was confirmed by the Commission on Judicial ...
On July 21, 2010, Schwarzenegger nominated Cantil-Sakauye, at the time a Republican, to succeed retiring Chief Justice Ronald M. George on the California Supreme Court. [17] [18] [19] On August 25, 2010, the three-member California Commission on Judicial Appointments unanimously approved her nomination as the next chief justice of California.
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye returns lawmakers’ applause as she is escorted into the Assembly Chambers to deliver her annual State of the Judiciary address before a ...
"In recent years the California Supreme Court has coalesced into a group of moderate justices who decide nearly 90% of their cases unanimously, and Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye's retirement may be ...
California's chief justice is calling for new regulation of the private judging industry in light of a Times report detailing the role former jurists played in cases in which disgraced attorney ...
The state was divided into a Northern and Southern district. The Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 abolished the Northern and Southern districts, re-organizing California as a single circuit district. On August 5, 1886 the Southern district was re-established, following the division of the state into Northern and Southern districts.
Patricia Guerrero, who joined the California Supreme Court as an associate justice in March, is nominated by Gov. Newsom to serve as chief justice.