In my LA election roundup I touched on the defeat of LA Superior court Judge Dzintra Janavs. See here. Many speculate she was targeted because of her "foreign" sounding name. See here. Others also point to her being trageted by Democrats out to get a LA Judge. See here. Janavs was defeated by a non-practicing attorney who was rated unqualified by the bar, but run a pretty good sandwich shop.
The Governor has announced his intention to reappoint the judge to the Bench. The release isn’t on the website yet, but I pasted below. Maybe he’s sympathetic to the "Foreign Sounding Name" thing. We can add this Republican back to the bench. That’s a good thing!
Statement by Governor Schwarzenegger Announcing his Intention to Reappoint Judge Dzintra Janavs to the L.A. County Superior Court
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced his intention to reappoint Judge Dzintra Janavs to the Los Angeles Superior Court following her defeat in Tuesday’s election.
"Judge Janavs has a long and distinguished record as a judge and deserves to continue serving the people of Los Angeles," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "I can relate to the problem of having a name that is hard to pronounce. This unfortunate result should not rob California of a fine jurist, and I intend to reappoint her to the L.A. Superior Court as soon as she completes the paperwork."
June 10th, 2006 at 12:00 am
While I don’t have any issue specifically with re-appointing this apparently fine jurist–I wonder if the action will be used by Phil et.al and turned around into an analogy to the ‘activist jurists’ that overturn the will of the electorate and which we so often justifiably complain?