- Occupation: Associate Justice, since 1990
- Judge, Superior Court, County of Sacramento, 1989-1990
- Judge, Sacramento, Municipal Court, 1987-1989; previously:
- Senior Assistant Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Sacramento
- Executive Director, California District Attorneys Association, Sacramento
- Senior Trial Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County District Attorneys Office
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Appellate justices are bound by federal and state constitutions, and must follow the law as adopted by the legislature, and voters by initiatives.
- Appellate courts should be open and accessible to the public.
- Appeals must be concluded in a timely fashion; justice delayed is justice denied.
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- Robert K. Puglia, Presiding Justice, 3rd Dist. Court of Appeal, California
- Mike Reynolds, Chief Proponent, Prop. 184, the Three Strikes Initiative
- Jerry Chong, Esq., Chief Legal Counsel, CAPITAL, and Co-Founder of UNITY
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- Judicial Retention Elections
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Every four years, many voters and their friends and families wonder, "Who are these supreme court and court of appeal justices for whom I am asked to vote? How can I learn something about them? And what are these supreme and appellate courts anyway?" This paper was prepared by the California Judges Association to answer these questions.
- Jurisprudential Philosophy
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As eloquently stated by former United States Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo, a judge "is to draw his inspiration from consecrated principles" and "[t]he concept of fairness must not be strained till it is a filament." Justice Cardozo's statements, quoted in full in the main text, summarize Justice Nicholson's jurisprudential philosophy.
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