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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2013, file photo, state Sen. Roderick Wright, D-Inglewood, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The California Supreme Court is recommending that Gov. Jerry Brown pardon a former state lawmaker convicted of lying about his true residence. A Los Angeles County jury in 2014 determined that Wright lived outside the district he represented and convicted him of voter fraud and perjury. The recommendation by justices on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, came after the governor's legal affairs secretary, Peter Krause, sought the court's input. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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In this July 14, 2010, file photo, gavels and law books are shown in the office of California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George at his office in San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file) **FILE**
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FILE - This Feb. 26, 2015, photo shows a full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train, displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The California Supreme Court is set to issue a ruling that could have big implications for the state's $64 billion high-speed rail project. The court will decide Thursday, July 27, 2017, whether federal law exempts rail projects such as the planned bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco from the state's strict environmental review law known as CEQA. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2016 file photo, the supports for a 1,600-foot-viaduct to carry high-speed rail trains across the Fresno River stand under construction near Madera, Calif. The California Supreme Court is set to issue a ruling that could have big implications for the state's $64 billion high-speed rail project. The court will decide Thursday, July 27, 2017, whether federal law exempts rail projects such as the planned bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco from the state's strict environmental review law known as CEQA. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, a full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The California Supreme Court is set to issue a ruling that could have big implications for the state's $64 billion high-speed rail project. The court will decide Thursday, July 27, 2017, whether federal law exempts rail projects such as the planned bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco from the state's strict environmental review law known as CEQA. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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Christina Von der Ahe Rayburn, an attorney who challenged a measure to speed up implementation of the death penalty in California, talks with reporters after a California Supreme Court hearing on Proposition 66, in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. California Supreme Court justices considering whether a ballot measure to speed up executions is unconstitutional expressed skepticism Tuesday about a provision that would require death sentence appeals to be completed within five years. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)
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FILE - In this March 23, 2015, file photo, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye delivers her State of the Judiciary address before a joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California's Supreme Court chief justice says after six years she still hasn't quite figured out Gov. Jerry Brown. Cantil-Sakauye said Thursday, May 25, 2017, that she didn't know what to expect the first time they met after she became head of the state's high court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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File - In this Jan. 5, 2015 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court Tani Cantil-Sakauye, right, as his wife, Anne Gust Brown, center, looks on during his inauguration at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Cantil-Sakauye says after six years she still hasn't quite figured out Gov. Jerry Brown. Cantil-Sakauye said Thursday, May 25, 2017, that she didn't know what to expect the first time they met after she became head of the state's high court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye delivers her annual State of the Judiciary address before a joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., in this March 23, 2015, file photo. The chief justice of the California Supreme Court has asked federal agents to stop making immigration arrests in courthouses to protect residents' access to justice. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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This undated family photo shows Hong Yeng Chang. Chang was an Ivy League graduate thought to be the first Chinese-born, United States-trained lawyer when the California Supreme Court denied his application to practice law in a 1890 decision. Now, students at a Northern California law school hope to persuade the current court to reverse the 124-year-old decision that is still studied in law schools. (AP Photo/Chang Family)
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California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye talks to reporters after she unveiled her "Three Year Blueprint for a Fully Functioning Judicial Branch" at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Saying that budget cuts since 2008 have caused the judicial branch to receive only one penny for every General Fund dollar, Cantil-Sakauye called for an investment of $1.2 billion over the next three years to improve the public's access to California courts.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
