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Government

Feb. 2, 2011

Chief Justice Speaks Out on Budget, Plans

In a Q&A with a reporter, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye talks about how she's dealing with a proposed $200 million budget cut and her first hectic weeks leading California's judicial branch.


In the four weeks that Tani Cantil-Sakauye has been chief justice, she's been dealt some big surprises. Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $200 million budget cut for the judicial branch; Justice Carlos Moreno announced he is stepping down at the end of February; and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asked the state Supreme Court to weigh in on whether proponents of Proposition 8 have legal standing to defend the ban on same-sex marriage after a federal judge declared it ...

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