Considering Corrigan

Quick thoughts on today’s appointment of Carol Corrigan to the California Supreme Court:


  1. Oral arguments just got livelier. The court already includes several active questioners; once Corrigan is on board, advocates will have to be that much more prepared.

  2. The First District’s Division Three has become quite a Supreme Court pipeline. Corrigan, Ming Chin and Kathryn Mickle Werdegar all served there immediately before their appointments.

  3. This is a seriously centrist court. Every justice is arguably less conservative than Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas and less liberal than John Paul Stevens or Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

From Scott Graham of Legal Pad.