Document Type
Cal State Document
Publication Date
1986
Abstract
On November 4, California voters will decide whether to retain Chief Justice Rose Bird and Associate Justices Joseph Grodin and Cruz Reynoso on the Supreme Court of California.1 This election is extraordinarily important because, for the first time in the history of California judicial retention elections, several Justices are being vigorously opposed in a multi-million dollar partisan campaign. The campaign against the Justices has been conducted by conservative organizations through direct mail and advertisements in newspapers, radio and television. Although we are used to this in ordinary politics, it is a I cause for great concern in a judicial election. The outcome of the election will affect the course of the law in California for many years to come. Far more important, the process I by which the election is decided will crucially affect the independence of the judiciary in California and perhaps in other states as well.
Recommended Citation
Independent Citizens' Committee to Keep Politics Out of The Court, ""The Court on Trial:" An Analysis of Phillip Johnson's Attack on the California Supreme Court" (1986). California Agencies. 223.
https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/caldocs_agencies/223
Comments
The authors are members of the faculty of Stanford Law School.
The date of is taken from the cataloging record.