California chief justice blasts immigration crackdown, says rule of law is ‘being challenged’

Washington Post ^ | March 28, 2017 | Derek Hawkins

[lowbridge]

Tani Cantil-Sakauye, California’s chief justice, is fast emerging as one of the Trump administration’s most vocal critics in the judiciary.

Her main concern is the controversy surrounding President Trump’s immigration policies. Earlier this month, she criticized federal immigration authorities for using courthouses as “bait” to arrest undocumented immigrants. Days later, she assailed the president’s disparaging comments about federal judges who ruled against his travel ban.

And on Monday, Cantil-Sakauye used her annual State of the Judiciary address to argue that the rule of law was being “challenged” amid the administration’s immigration crackdown.

Without mentioning Trump by name, she told the state’s lawmakers that “the rule of law means that we as a people are governed by laws and rules, and not by a monarch.”

“We are living in a time of civil rights unrest, eroding public trust in our institutions, economic anxiety, and unprecedented polarization,” she said. “Our values, our rules and our laws are being called into question, and all three branches of government and the free press are in the crosshairs.”

Cantil-Sakauye, a Republican appointed in 2010 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, has typically used the state of the judiciary address to discuss budget issues before the legislature.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Today, we have the same Jerry Brown with another of his State Supreme Court chief justice appointments

From the article: "Cantil-Sakauye, a Republican appointed in 2010 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,"

[AndyJackson]

Judge Tani has a terminal case of liberal disease.

[Wuli]

She’s an idiot. The “rule of law” has been and is being ignored, as it relates to illegal immigration, and her state is among those who even, treasonously brag how they are doing all they can to insure the illegality continues without the law doing as the law says.

[BenLurkin]

The rule of law is NOT rule by judges.

[aquila48]

This is rich... Enforcing laws is somehow against the “rule of law”. And this from a chief Justice!

Has California seceded yet?

[pfony1]

They seem to think that “Rule of law” means “Rule by Lawyers”.

Quislings.....

[ought-six]

The California government values illegals over American citizens; it’s been that way for at least a couple decades.

[bkopto]

Someone throw these damn illegals the heck out of my country and back to theirs.

Are you referring to Tani Cantil-Sakauye? That's definitely the name of an invader who doesn't give a whit about traditional America.

[MarkL]

You just can’t make this up...

Rule of law... This so-called “judge” is refusing to follow federal law, while acting as a monarch, stating, those federal laws don’t apply to me...

We’re living in Bizzaro-World! Up is down, Truth is a lie, Good is Evil.

Mark

[Squat]

It all makes sense now.....the illegals are providing free drugs to ALL the progressives, liberals, college students, Janet Napolitano, J. Brown, N. Pelosi, in Mexifornia. Scarfaces, all of them. It wasn't enough of a HIGH to control the the whole state, they want to control the world. I'm thinking that eventually they will all OD.