Today's DJ has Newsom may get chance to remake state Supreme Court, which begins: 'Four candidates are leading in the behind-the-scenes battle of a vacant state Supreme Court seat, but the race has been complicated by the possibility that Justice Leondra R. Kruger might be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court."
- Attorneys familiar with the process say the leading candidates are 4th District Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero, a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner; U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of Oakland, known recently for her ruling in the NCAA antitrust case; Public Counsel CEO Mónica Ramírez Almadani, a former American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who worked in the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division during the Obama administration; and 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Elena J. Duarte, a former federal prosecutor.
- This will be Newsom’s second nominee to the state Supreme Court. He chose Justice Martin J. Jenkins, who had experience as a federal judge and state Court of Appeal justice, in 2020.
- If Biden nominates Kruger to the U.S. Supreme Court and she is confirmed, Newsom would get a third choice for the seven-member court.
And speaking Justice Jenkins, At The Lectern alerts us to a free USF webinar on Thursday evening here:
Justice Jenkins to talk about faith, community, and justice (register here).
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