Posted on 12/09/2005 11:51:34 AM PST by SmithL
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named San Francisco appellate judge Carol Corrigan to the California Supreme Court on Friday, deciding on a moderate Republican and former prosecutor to fill the post of conservative jurist Janice Rogers Brown.
"This is the best of the best that we have in the state," Schwarzenegger said during a Capitol news conference called to introduce her.
Corrigan, 57, a Republican sitting on the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco, succeeds Brown, who resigned in June after the U.S. Senate confirmed her to the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.
Brown was the only black on the seven-member court, prompting speculation that Schwarzenegger would name another black to maintain the court's ethnic balance. He also was said to have closely considered Vance Raye, a black Republican sitting on the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento. Corrigan is white.
Schwarzenegger said his only concern in naming a successor was finding the most qualified person and making a decision that "was best for California." He praised Corrigan as being someone of "unimpeachable character."
"She is a brilliant jurist, and for the past 12 years she has done a magnificent job on the First District Court of Appeal," he said. "Justice Corrigan is careful, thoughtful, quick-witted and brings a deliberate, detail-oriented approach to the law. She will bring honor to California's high court and serve the people with dignity and integrity."
Corrigan was a trial judge in Alameda County when she was appointed in 1994 to the appellate court by one of Schwarzenegger's political mentors, former Gov. Pete Wilson.
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Californian Moderate Republican;
What is that in Midwestern?
Well at least he did not take one of the slobbering socialist activists off the Ninth Circuit --- God forbid!!
A democrat.
I've never heard of a federal court of appeals judge taking a demotion to a state supreme court position.
Speeches and quotes by the unreplacable JRB:
http://www.neoperspectives.com/janicerogersbrown.htm
I've never heard of a federal court of appeals judge taking a demotion to a state supreme court position.
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I know -- just making a point... :-)
Good, now he needs to call Tookie Williams as the next contestent on 'Your Time is UP'.
In the Midwest, it's pronounced "Democrat."
I just fell out of my seat in surprise. (she rolls her eyes)
Carol A. Corrigan
Associate Justice
Judicial and Professional Positions: Associate Justice, 1994 - Present (Appointed 1994; confirmed by voters, 1994). Judge, Alameda County Superior Court 1991-1994 (Appointed 1991; elected by voters. 1992). Judge, Oakland, Emeryville Piedmont Judicial District 1987-1991 (Appointed, 1987; elected by voters, 1988). Senior Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County 1985-1987; Deputy District Attorney, same county, 1975-1985.
Professional Activities: California Judicial Council, 1997-present. Judicial Council Task Force on Jury Instructions, 1997-present (Chair). Commission on Future of California’s Courts 1991-1994. Center for Judicial Education & Research, Governing Board, 1994-1997. President’s Commission on Organized Crime, 1983-1986. Special Consultant, President’s Task Force on Victims of Violent Crime, 1982. Adjunct Professor of Law: U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1984-1987, 1990-1994; U.C. Hastings College of Law, 1981-1987, 1989; University of San Francisco School of Law, 1988-1990; University of Puget Sound School of Law, 1981. Faculty: California Judicial College, 1988-present; Continuing Judicial Studies Programs, 1989-present; National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1981-present (Distinguished Faculty Award, 1997).
Community Involvement: Board of Directors: Holy Names College 1988-present (Chair, 1990-present); Saint Vincent’s Day Home, 1982-present (Chair, 1991-present); Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, 1985-1989.
Education: B.A., magna cum laude, Holy Names College, 1970 (Student Body President, Founder’s Medal). J.D., Univ. of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1975 (Law Journal, Note and Comment Editor). Doctoral program, Clinical Psychology, Saint Louis University, 1970-1972.
Personal: Born: August 16, 1948, Stockton, California.
Wull... git back in yer seat, cause I'ma gonna roll 'em right back to yew!!! (just don't put 'em back in yer sockets with alla that dust on 'em)(ouch!)
Corrigan switched her party registration from Democrat to Republican in 1995...
Ping
It's more like O'Conner than Souter and more Souter than Senator. What do we know about her actual cases?
I don't know anything about her but typically, "moderate Republican" is a code word for radical leftist who isn't quite as radical as a liberal Democrat.
Good description.
Just sayin'.
My stomach is turning....
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