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The first floor housed one of California’s first public schools. On the second floor is a room, about sixty feet long and twenty-five feet wide, with a railing across the middle and four long tables. It is not a particularly imposing setting, but here, in September 1849, California history was made.
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The California Constitution of 1849 made the whole system elective, from the supreme court down to justices of the peace. In the year 1850 alone, seven states amended their laws to provide for more popular election of judges. In 1850, both the Michigan and Pennsylvania supreme courts turned elective.
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The First Justices. Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first Chief Justice of California (1850–1852). In December 1849 the new Legislature elected Serranus Clinton Hastings as California’s first Chief Justice and H. A. Lyons and Nathaniel Bennett as its first associate justices.
The California court system consists of the local superior courts in each of California’s 58 counties, the 6 districts of the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court. Following is a summary of how judges and justices get to their positions on these courts.
The Judiciary of California or the Judicial Branch of California is defined under the California Constitution as holding the judicial power of the state of California which is vested in the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal and the Superior Courts. [1]
Rose Elizabeth Bird (November 2, 1936 – December 4, 1999) was the 25th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. She was the first female law clerk of the Nevada Supreme Court, the first female deputy public defender in Santa Clara County, the first woman to serve in the California State Cabinet, and the first female Chief Justice of ...
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In 1934, California implemented its current selection system as part of a package of ballot initiatives aimed at curbing crime through judicial administration. A wave of high-profile killings and robberies captivated the state in the early 1930s, galvanizing popular interest in judicial reform.
