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But the California Republican Lawyers Association last week issued a news release expressing relief that since its February complaint, the governor has boosted his rate of naming Republican judges from 50 percent to 70 percent. Republican Gov. Pete Wilson and Democratic Gov. Gray Davis named judges about 90 percent along party lines, it noted.

Nunez should be celebrating. Schwarzenegger's record:

Republican:           94   54.0%
Democrat:             60   34.5%
Decline-to-state:     20   11.5%
Total:               174  100.0%

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Associated Press coverage:

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/15353689.htm

SACRAMENTO - Democrats are accusing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of breaking a deal to appoint more minorities to the bench and have responded by cutting the number of new judges that would be authorized by pending legislation from 50 to 25.

They suggest that the governor has been trying to appease his conservative base by appointing more Republican judges, who tend to be white, despite a "gentleman's agreement" to create a more diverse California judiciary.

"There haven't been a lot of appointments since he signed the budget, but the few that have come through have been a lot more conservative than any in the past," Fredericka McGee, general counsel for Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, said Thursday.

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"Somebody who led the impeachment trial for President Clinton is not what the speaker had in mind in terms of diversity," Maviglio noted



Diversity is a dirty word, and has no place in appointing judges. Qualification and real understanding of the actual constitution are the ONLY qualifications that should be taken into consideration. Diversity is going to kill America.