Citing Kavanaugh, California Chief Justice Leaves Republican Party

[mobeau69]

After the Republican Party suffered severe losses in California in the recent midterm elections, the state’s Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye was one of the few remaining high-profile Republicans.

But now, even she has abandoned the Grand Old Party, reportedly quietly re-registering as a no-party-preference voter.

Speaking to CALmatters on Thursday, Cantil-Sakauye pointed in particular to the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a deciding factor. She said that while she already begun feeling increasingly uncomfortable with the direction of the party in the years since President Trump’s election, Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings sparked her final decision

http://fortune.com/2018/12/14/california-chief-justice-leaves-gop/

[Tiggeroshii]

1. She was a rino anyways

[AlexSFCA]

2. Shouldn't all judges be independedent?

and not republican or democrat; they aren’t politicians or elected officials; they are supposed to be professionals with no political affiliations.