California Supreme Court Watch: Schwarzenegger Submits Three Names

The ASSociated Press has Gov. Schwarzenegger submits three names for Supreme Court seat.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has sent the names of three candidates for his first appointment to the California Supreme Court to a State Bar commission that screens judicial nominees, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday.

The three candidates include two state appeals court justices – Carol Corrigan of San Francisco and Vance Raye of Sacramento – and U.S. District Judge Morrison England of Sacramento, according the Chronicle, which cited an unidentified source who insisted on anonymity because the governor has not made the names public.

The candidate would replace Justice Janice Rogers Brown, who resigned in June after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination to a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. Brown was the most conservative member of the California Supreme Court, which now has a 5-1 majority of Republican appointees.

The list of three nominees, all appointed by Republicans, indicates that Schwarzenegger wants to pick a woman or minority to succeed Brown, the only black woman in the court’s history. Corrigan is a woman, and Raye and England are black men.

So….. here they are….

Carol Corrigan of San Francisco.

Vance Raye of Sacramento.

and…..

Morrison England of Sacramento.

All noteworthy judges.

Let the vetting process begin.

Stay Tuned.

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