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California Supreme Court,
U.S. Supreme Court

Feb. 19, 2021

Everyone gets along on the California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court are moving in opposite directions — but not in the way you might think.

David A. Carrillo

Executive Director
California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law.

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Stephen M. Duvernay

Phone: (916) 447-4900

Email: steve@benbrooklawgroup.com

Notre Dame Law School; Notre Dame IN

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Everyone gets along on the California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court are moving in opposite directions -- but not in the way you might think. The most common description of the federal high court is that it leans conservative, and California's high court is generally described as leaning liberal. Both courts saw changes in their memberships in the past five years that provided even more evidence for those characterizations: A Republican president appointed six of the nine justices...

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