Commission confirms Cantil-Sakauye for state's top court

Tani Cantil-Sakauye moved one step closer to donning the robe of chief justice of the California Supreme Court on Wednesday when the three-member Commission of Judicial Appointments unanimously confirmed her appointment.

"You've got my vote," said Joan Dempsey Klein, the senior presiding justice of the Courts of Appeal, after Cantil-Sakauye paid homage during the San Francisco hearing to the women and minorities who have warmed judicial benches before her.

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