Jessica Mach reports in the Daily Journal that the California Judges Association is today presenting its President’s Award for Outstanding Service to the California Judiciary to three former Supreme Court justices who were ousted by the voters in 1986 — Chief Justice Rose Bird, who died 20 years ago, and Associate Justices Joseph Grodin and Cruz Reynoso.

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