On January 5, after being sworn in himself to his fourth term as governor, Jerry Brown will swear in both Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and Leondra Kruger as Supreme Court justices.
Cuéllar must wait to take office because he is replacing Justice Marvin Baxter, whose term does not expire until January 5. Kruger’s appointment, however, was confirmed today and, because she is filling an existing vacancy, Kruger presumably could be sworn in immediately. Not that it really matters, but it would have been cool to have Kruger sworn in before Cuéllar so California could have a 38-year-old on the court who is not the junior justice.