Law: Shaking the Judicial Perch: Rose Bird

An angry campaign aims to oust California's top judge

In theory, the judicial bench is supposed to be more like a perch, raised far above the turbulent political fray. In fact, with 40 states requiring that at least some judges be elected or confirmed at the polls, the courts are often a major target of voter grievances. This year the nation's most impassioned political campaign may be one aimed at a judge. Opponents of Rose Bird, California's first woman chief justice, are working hard to knock her off that judicial perch. It looks very much as if they will succeed in making her the first member of that court to...

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