Former California State Supreme Court justice Janice Rogers Brown (
who some people think lacks judicial temperament) has issued her first ruling from her new perch on the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and President Bush has nominated two people to the U.S. Supreme Court in
the five and a half months there has been a vacancy on the 7-member California Supreme Court. Since then, the
President has nominated Samuel Alito but the Governator still hasn't picked his State Supreme Court nominee. Arnold did
make some state appellate court nominations on Friday and
has apparently narrowed his choice down to two candidates:
Vance Raye and
Carol Corrigan. Raye is basically a clone (and crony) of Janice Rogers Brown whom many legal commenters (
including the Attorney General of the State of California) have problems with. On the plus side, he did vote earlier this year to uphold California's Domestic Partner Benefits Law. Carol Corrigan is more moderate but apparently is so tough that
she caused a grown man to faint in an oral argument recently! Gee, whom do you think Arnold will pick?
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