Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye Speaks Out Against Threats to the Judiciary
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye participated in a December 13th panel discussion called, "Undermining the Courts and Media: The Consequences to American Democracy" at the National Judicial College Judges and Journalists Symposium in the nationa's capital. She detailed the ways in which the judiciary has suffered attacks in recent years and solutions to overcome them.
To view the Chief Justice’s statements on the following topics, select the links below:
Panel participants (Left to Right):
Benes Aldana, National Judicial College President
Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, California Chief Justice
Andre Davis (Ret.), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (now Baltimore city solicitor)
Justice Robin Hudson, associate justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
Barbara Pariente, justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Royce Lamberth, senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Moderator Alicia Bannon, Brennan Center for Justice
Shira Scheindlin (Ret.), judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
James Robart, senior judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington