“Chief justice’s advocacy role on money bail law raises ethics questions”

Malcolm Maclachan reports in today’s Daily Journal [subscription] that ethics experts are equivocal about whether Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye’s public position in favor of new pretrial detention legislation requires her to step aside in deciding bail cases that are before the court now or may be in the future.  Just last week, the court asked for briefing in three pending bail cases regarding the effect, if any, of the new law.