Posted on 04/14/2020 9:38:06 AM PDT by RideForever
OLYMPIA, WA - Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday the appointment of Judge G. Helen Whitener to the Washington State Supreme Court. She replaces Justice Charles Wiggins, who retired from the bench last month. Originally from Trinidad, Judge Whitener was the first foreign-born judge on the Pierce Co. Superior Court and the first openly LGBTQ judge in Washington.
Whitener has been a judicial officer since 2013. From 2013 to 2015, she served as a judge on the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. Inslee then appointed her to the Pierce County Superior Court in 2015, where she has worked as a judge for over five years, retaining her seat in a 2015 election and winning re-election to a full term in 2016. Before becoming a judge, Whitener litigated criminal cases for 14 years as both a prosecutor and defense attorney.
“Judge Whitener inspires lawyers and non-lawyers alike with her relentless work to raise awareness for matters of race, justice and equity,” Inslee said. “She is tireless in her commitment to building a justice system that works for all, and as a Supreme Court justice, she will have an even greater platform to promote justice for everyone in Washington state. I am very pleased to appoint her to this bench and I look forward to her many contributions to our state for years to come.”
Whitener is originally from Trinidad and moved to the United States as a teenager to attend college. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Baruch College in New York and her law degree from Seattle University School of Law.
A twofer.
Inslee is the most raging, Leftist scumbag there is out there. I watched a congressional hearing some years back on global warming, and Lord Christopher Monckton (a noted and vocal opponent of climate alarmists) was invited to appear.
I was astonished at the behavior of the Bow-Tie wearing scum Inslee...he was so rude to the invited guest it made me embarrassed to be an American.
Jay Inslime is a leftist hack scumbag.
this is his 2nd recent appointment of an unelected justice to the WA state supreme court
end game is to get that state income tax enacted.
LGBTQFUBAR
Historically, sheeple voted for incumbent judges and those picked by various ultra liberal judicial & bar associations. Hopefully that will all change. Especially after the State Supreme Court makes some decisions on various gun control and car tab initiatives.
That’s a man, baby.
Elections have consequences. They elected this s??t bag over Rossi. FUBAR is correct because I fear it is true now for the US.
Good point. A theory I've held for years.
Like California - made up largely from collectivist sharecropper white trash fleeing the dust bowl.
Thats funny!
>>LGBTQ
well which is it? those are conflicting identities who are actually at war with one another
hitting check lists with Inslee’s court apointments - a black female who is gay, a native American woman
7 of the 9 justices are all women who were/are deeply involved in social justice causes.
The face of Seattle, not the rest of the state, politics
Yeah Sure. If you don't live in King County (Seattle), your vote to remove these or any other state positions does not matter.
There hasn't been a GOP governor since 1985.
The governor and most elected officals are elected by one, maybe two counties (Seattle area).
Wa State, like many other states, could use an electoral system for at least governor.
Interesting that there is a black person named “Whitener”.
aWash is much like NYS....we are owned by a leftist Seattle cabal....they always count votes last and not surprisingly, rats always pull out the late win on “provisional” votes...
Stalinist Sodomite on the court in Washington State.
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