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California Supreme Court

Jul. 24, 2014

Governor's Supreme Court appointment helps infuse youth onto the bench

Brown's appointment of another young, progressive academic in Mariano-Florentino Cuellar to the state Supreme Court marks a tipping point for the institution that has skewed older and more moderate for many years.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Gov. Jerry Brown's appointment of another young, progressive academic in Mariano-Florentino Cuellar to the state Supreme Court Tuesday marks a tipping point for the institution that has skewed older and more moderate for many years.


Along with Justice Goodwin Liu, Brown's other high court appointee, Cuellar represents an infusion of youth on the court that until recently had a septuagenarian m...

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