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Forum Column - By Burt Pines - Before taking my present post as judicial appointments secretary to Gov. Gray Davis, I was accustomed to hearing all sorts of theories on the subject of judicial appointments. One commonly accepted theory was that a judge was simply a former lawyer who had the good fortune to know the governor. Others would say that judgeships were handed out to reward campaign workers, party activists or large donors.
Forum Column
By Burt Pines
Before taking my present post as judicial appointments secretary to Gov. Gray Davis, I was accustomed to hearing all sorts of theories on the subject of judicial appoi...
By Burt Pines
Before taking my present post as judicial appointments secretary to Gov. Gray Davis, I was accustomed to hearing all sorts of theories on the subject of judicial appoi...
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