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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 28, 2017

Chief justice defends 'rule of law' in sharply-worded speech

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye gave an unusually fiery State of the Judiciary speech in the Assembly chambers on Monday afternoon, criticizing aspects of the federal immigration crackdown and casting the courts as the protectors of "the rule of law."

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye gave an unusually fiery State of the Judiciary speech in the Assembly chambers on Monday afternoon, criticizing aspects of the federal immigration crackdown and casting the courts as the protectors of "the rule of law."

Cantil-Sakauye began her annual speech by thanking her colleagues and paying tribute to retiring state Sup...

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