It didn’t take long after the very sad news of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death was announced before pundits began speculating about whom President Barack Obama will nominate to fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court. Among the names some have mentioned are two California Supreme Court Justices — Goodwin Liu and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar. (E.g., here, here, here, here, and here.)
As noted four years ago, only one justice has served on both the US and California supreme courts, and that was a long time ago — Stephen Field was a Lincoln appointee.
