WHICH CALIFORNIA JUDGES DO I VOTE FOR?

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[Argus]

Calling all California FReepers:

I am totally confused re the slate of judges on the ballot, both on the state Supreme Court and in the appellate division, as to which are trustworthy and which should be given the boot. Where can you get information on who these people are?

[Argus]

Can I get some help and/or advice here?

[Mr. Lucky]

My general rule of thumb is to vote against retaining any judge. Bad judges deserve being thrown out and even good judges could do with a serving of humility.

[kellynla]

State Supreme Court: Marvin Baxter
4th Appellate, Div. 3: Kathleen O'Leary
Superior Court #27: David Brent

[ZGuy]

Go to Appellate Counsellor Profiles Here.

This site gives you biographical information on all the judges in California.
Unless I hear otherwise, my basic rule is : If they were appointed by a democrat, I vote against them.

[albee]

CA Supreme Ct.........Werdegar NO

CA Supreme Ct.........Moreno NO

CA Supreme Ct.........Baxter YES

Those are my recommendations and will be my votes.

[Jim Robinson]

http://www.electgop.net/ca/

[kellynla]

Correction: O'Leary is a "NO" for the 4th Appelate, Div. 3.
Sorry misread my notes. Also I agree with "albee" "NO's" for Carlos Moreno & Kathryn Werdegar for the CA Supreme Court.

[Blue Screen of Death]

Vote for males with non-hispanic names. Oh, wait. I got confused again. It is ok to vote for someone because they have an hispanic name, but not ok to not vote for them because they have an hispanic name. One way is acceptable, and the other way is racist. It is so confusing.

[ambrose]

Vote no on everyone except Baxter (Supreme Court), Lillie, Perren and Rubin (Court of Appeal)

[Digger]

Thanks for this post.

[Mark]

Lillie just died. My vote "no" anyway.

[ambrose]

when did this happen? she's still alive according to the california court's website.

[litehaus]

ALWAYS vote a lawyer/judge OUT OF OFFICE! In the long run the country will be better off!

[Argus]

Thank you all for your suggestions. I'm filling out my absentee ballot tonight and really had no idea. BTW, ZGuy, the link to appellate profiles didn't work for me, don't know why. Thank you Jim for the link to the CA GOP website. And Mildred Lillie is indeed no longer with us, unfortunately.

[Mark]

It was in the LA Daily News this morning. Sorry for the late response.

[ambrose]

thanks. here's her obit: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-lillie29oct29.story

[onedoug]

I don't know any of these candidates, so how might I vote one way or the other?

I've been looking for Curtiss Rappe, Superior Court. I served on a jury in his court, and his no-nonsense demeanor I'd vote for. Haven't seen that bench in two rounds though, now.

[Varmint Al]

Here is some info on the Judges in CA

Judge	Appointed by	Date	Party
Carlos Moreno	Davis	2001	Democrat
Marvin Baxter	Deukmejian	1988	Republican
Kathryn Werdegar	Wilson	1994	Republican
James J. Marchiano	Wilson	1998	Democrat
Willaim D. Stein	Deukmejian	1988	Republican
Sandra L. Marguiles	Davis	2001	Democrat
J. Anthony Kline	Brown	1980	Democrat
William R. McGuinness	Wilson	1997	Republican
JoAnne C. Parrilli	Wilson	1995	Republican
Stuart R. Pollack	Davis	2002	Democrat
Laurence D. Kay	Davis	2002	Democrat
Maria P. Rivera	Davis	2002
Patricia K. Sepulveda	Wilson	1998	Republican
Barbara Jones	Wilson	1996	Republican
Mark Simons	Davis	2001
Linda M. Gemello	Davis	2002	Democrat
Miriam Vogel	Deukmejian	1990	Republican
Robert M. Mallano	Davis	2000	Democrat
Kathryn Doi Todd	Davis	2000
Judith M. Ashmann	Davis	2001
Joan Dempsey Klein	Brown	1978	Democrat
Gary Hastings	Wilson	1993
Paul A. Turner	Deukmejian	1989
Richard M. Mosk	Davis	2001	Democrat
Arthur Gilbert	Brown	1982	Democrat
Kennth R. Yegan	Deukmejian	1990	Republican
Steven Z. Perren	Davis	1999	Democrat
Mildred L. Lillie	Knight	1958
Dennis M. Perluss	Davis	2001	Democrat
Candace Cooper	Davis	2001	Democrat
Laurence D. Rubin	Davis	2001	Democrat
Paul Boland	Davis	2001	Democrat
Arthur G. Scotland	Deukmejian	1989	Republican
Richard Sims	Brown	1982
Rod Davis	Deukmejian	1989
Vance W. Raye	Wilson	1991	Republican
Daniel M. Kolkey	Wilson	1998	Republican
Ronald B. Robie	Davis	2002	Democrat
Gilbert Nares	Deukmejian	1988	Republican
Alex C. McDonald	Wilson	1995	Republican
James A. McIntyre	Wilson	1996	Republican
Terry B. O'Rourke	Deukmejian	1984	Republican
Judith B. McConnell	Davis	2001	Democrat
Thomas E. Hollenhorst	Wilson	1998	Democrat
Richard M. Aronson	Davis	2001	Republican
Kathleen E. O'Leary	Davis	2000	Democrat
Eileen C. Moore	Davis	2000
William F. Rylaarsdam	Wilson	1995	Republican
Richard D. Fybel	Davis	2000	Democrat
Dennis A. Cornell	Davis	2000	Democrat
Nick J. DiBiaso	Deukmejian	1989	Republican
Gene Gomes	Davis	2002	Democrat
Franklin D. Elia	Deukmejian	1988	Republican
Eugene M. Premo	Deukmejian	1988	Republican
Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian	Deukmejian	1989	Republican
William M. Wunderlich	Wilson	1993	Republican
Conrad L. Rushing	Davis	2002	Democrat

[Varmint Al]

My Politics are displayed here:

[Argus]

Thanks, Varmint Al. I've printed out your judge list and bookmarked your site.