Posted on 12/09/2005 1:29:46 PM PST by calcowgirl
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named Carol A. Corrigan to the California Supreme Court this morning, replacing an ideological conservative with a judicial moderate.
Corrigan is a former prosecutor, former Democrat and self-described centrist who will replace the notable conservative Justice Janice Rogers Brown, who left last summer to take up a presidential appointment to a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.
"She's a brilliant jurist," Schwarzenegger said today, referring to Corrigan as "classy," "experienced" and "knowledgeable."
Corrigan, 57, becomes the sixth Republican on the court. One justice is a Democrat. Corrigan's appointment leaves no African Americans on the state's highest court.
"It is a tremendous honor to be nominated to sit on this most distinguished court," Corrigan said this morning.
The jurist has said she changed her voter registration from Democrat to Republican in the mid-1990s because "that seemed the most accurate designation" at the time.
"I haven't changed," she said in an earlier interview. "I think the political environment may have changed, and it continues to evolve in this country."
Asked which present or former U.S. Supreme Court justice she admires, Corrigan cited Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. "I think she is a centrist ... a real consensus builder," Corrigan said.
"I think I would probably be a centrist anyplace I found myself," she said
Other judges said Corrigan probably will be philosophically close to Chief Justice Ronald M. George, who is conservative on law and order issues and more moderate on social issues. George is often a swing vote on the court.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Interesting that the writers point out that there are no African Americans on the Cal Supreme Court now. I did not think JRB was a "real" African American by their standards anyway. Go figure.
Why am I not surprised?
Arnie is no Republican. Well, maybe, considering how the whole GOP is going.
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.
The Moderator.
Arnold is such a great Republican /s
She is one of "those" African American's who deserves an asterisk after her name like Clarence Thomas.
Just keep on chanting it out there in La-La Land, and maybe some faraway day it will be true, "Guv Ahnuld is a conservative, Guv Ahnuld is a conservative, Guv Ahnuld is a conservative", ...
I'm sure that this would have also been McClintocks pick.(LMAO) Yep, one more step backwards. Oh please Arnold, free Tookie from the horrors & reinstate that car tax. Let's see just how far many here will defend this actor because of the (R) behind his name.
Ping.
No surprises here. This is the end result of electing RINOs to office. Tom McClintock could have won if not for the ill-conceived notion that only a RINO could win an election in California. Now, those Republicans in California are reaping what they sowed.
It is time for the California Republican Party to repudiate Arnold. Scenario: We repudiate Arnold, he runs as an independent, McClintock runs for governor as a Republican, McClintock is elected with 38 percent of the vote.
First punch=Appoint a Liberal to be your Chief of Staff
Second Punch=Appoint a moderate to replace a true conservative on the bench
Knock out blow=Check back in two weeks. Tookie will be having Christmas dinner with the warden
Hey Arnold! No campaign contributions for you!
So, exactly how long is Arnold going to delay is enevitable commutation of the death sentence of Tookie?
Hmmm... well, let's see.
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