SAN FRANCISCO When Ronald George presided at oral argument as California’s chief justice, his role was like the host of a dinner party. The other six justices joined him as gracious co-hosts, but it was always clear who had chosen the meal and selected the guests.
California’s new chief justice seems to take more of a first-among-equals approach. Tani Cantil-Sakauye appears happy to let Goodwin Liu, the court’s junior justice, and Joyce Kennard, its most senior, take the most active roles in questioning, biding her time until midway through the argument. Sometimes she’ll come in with just a couple of questions that sound prepackaged. But on other occasions she wades deep into the thicket to thrash out issues, often in tandem with other justices.
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