Sunday, December 21, 2025

Former CJ Cantil-Sakauye's latest mission

The Recorder has Former Calif. Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye Talks About National Mission to Defend Judiciary -- After a 32-year career as a California judge, Cantil-Sakauye has joined the Alliance of Former Chief Justices "to be honest about the work we do" and "to continue to educate using the facts."

  • Cantil-Sakauye is taking on another role, this time as a member of the fledgling Alliance of Former Chief Justices. The group of about 50 former state jurists was formed by the civic education and advocacy group Keep Our Republic, which also launched the Article III Coalition of retired federal judges in September.
  • I'm in it to win it. It might be a long-range approach, but I think that's how we have to approach getting people to understand what the judiciary is, almost by one organization at a time, a group of young people at a time.
  • I just believe if we don't do it, and we don't start it now, it'll never happen, and then the trust and confidence of the judiciary is totally undermined. We'll never get that back. There'll be a narrative we can never recover. And I think then it will truly be hopeless.