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Calif. Court Nominee Dodges Tough Questions


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Tani Cantil-Sakauye, nominee for California chief justice, avoided many controversial issues in her first interview since her nomination.

Cantil-Sakauye would not give her opinion about gay marriage to theLos Angeles Times but said she would follow precedent if she heard a gay rights case. The moderate Republican performed a gay marriage in 2008 but said it was only because the marriage was legal at the time.

She also declined to make a major stance about the initiative process, which allowed voters to reverse the California supreme court's decision to legalize gay marriage. Cantil-Sakauye told the Times the initiative process "serves a useful purpose."
The chief justice nominee is relatively unknown, and no experts suggested her as a replacement for retiring chief justice Ronald M. George.

If elected, Cantil-Sakauye, who is Filipino-American, would be the first person from a racial minority to serve as California chief justice and the second woman. 

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Joe
    Date posted: 7/27/2010 10:01:08 AM
    Hometown: Arlington, VA

    Comment:

    No, all she said was that the initiative process serves a "useful purpose" without naming a particular initiative. Pretty dodgy, as the article pointed out in the headline. Unless she said something more on the subject elsewhere, it's hard to tell where she stands on LGBT issues. However, having officiated a gay wedding, we can hope she at least believes in truly equality and justice for all.

  • Name: Mark
    Date posted: 7/26/2010 9:40:58 PM
    Hometown: WF

    Comment:

    Since she believes it is constitutional for the majority to take away the civil rights of the minority, let's put up a ballot initiative saying that Philipinos can't marry.



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