Speculation for who will replace Cuellar

 

Today's DJ has Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar is leaving California Supreme Court and  Speculation Begins on Who Will Replace Justice Cuellar, noting:

• 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Elena J. Duarte, a former federal prosecutor, and 4th District Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero, a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner, are considered early favorites
• "There are only seven Hispanic justices on the Court of Appeal, or about 6.6% of that court -- for a group that's 39.4% of California's population," wrote David A. Carrillo, executive director of Berkeley Law's California Constitution Center.
• The Recorder has Cuéllar's Exit Fuels Push for Newsom to Nominate State Supreme Court's First Latina, noting "Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez has a broad history in international law and received the Hispanic National Bar Foundation’s 2020 academic leadership award."

Law.com has A Federal Judge Is Appearing at the Same Event as a Lawyer Who Pushed Election Fraud Claims. Here's What Ethics Experts Are Saying, which begins:

Senior Judge Carlos Bea is facing heat for his plan to accept an award at a conservative think tank’s event where John Eastman, a former law professor who spoke at the Jan. 6 rally preceding the Capitol Hill riot, will give opening remarks and speak on a panel about “election integrity.”

Law.com has Kelly Woodruff's On Appeals: Despite Supreme Court Rulings, a Challenge to the Denial of an Evidentiary Hearing in a Family Law Matter Can Easily, but Unintentionally, Be Forfeited