Guide to the Californians to Defeat Rose Bird, 1985-1986

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Guide to the Californians to Defeat Rose Bird, 1985-1986

California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/

Processed by:: The California State Library staff
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary

Title: Californians to Defeat Rose Bird,

Date (inclusive): 1985-1986

Box Number: 1650-1670

Collector: Byers, Janet

Repository: California State Library

Sacramento, California

Language: English.

Administrative Information

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[Identification of item], Californians to Defeat Rose Bird, California State Library.

Access Points

Bird, Rose Elizabeth

Californians to Defeat Rose Bird

Capitol Punishment--California

Elections--California

Grodin, Joseph R.

Judges--Election

Reynoso, Cruz

Biography

Rose Elizabeth Bird was the first woman ever to serve on the California Supreme Court. She came to California from New York in 1959. In 1965, she received her J.D. degree from the University of Calfiornia, Berkeley. After graduation, she was the first woman ever to clerk for the Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court.

In 1966, she became the first woman hired as a deputy public defender in Santa Clara County. From 1972 to 1974 she taught at Stanford Law School, where she conducted clinical courses in criminal and consumer law. In January 1975, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. appointed her to be the first woman to serve as Cabinet Secretary. She served as Secretary of the Agriculture and Services Agency until her appointment as Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, March 16, 1977.

In 1985 Californians to Defeat Rose Bird and other citizens' groups began a campaign to remove Rose Bird from the Supreme Court. She lost her seat in an election held in 1986.

Contents

Clippings, press releases, notes, flyers, photographs, reports, audio and video tapes regarding the campaign to remove Chief Justice Rose Bird from the California Supreme Court.

Material Transferred from the Collection

Books

California Commission on Crime and Punishment, 1985 Report.
Eaton, William. Courts Under Siege.
Gughemetti, Joseph. The People vs. Rose Bird.
Johnson, Phillip E. The Civil Cases: Four Representative Decisions of the California Supreme Court.
Johnson, Phillip E. The Court on Trial: The California Judicial Election of 1986. (two copies)
Medsger, Betty. Framed: The New Right Attack on Chief Justice Rose Bird and the Courts.
Stolz, Preble. Judging Judges: The Investigation of Rose Bird and the California Supreme Court.
Supreme Court of California. Practices and Procedures.

Photographs

Citizens: Group Pictures: City of Orange Police Dept.
Citizens: Group Pictures: Supreme Court Justices
Davis, Ed
Katz, Richard
Reynoso, Cruz
Seitz, Amy Sue

Textual File

Charts, diagrams, tables, etc.: "You Judge Your Judges Calif. Supreme Court Report Election 1986."
Bumper Sticker: "Bye, Bye Birdie."

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Title: Howard Jarvis Collection

Box Box 1652:

Background information

Supreme Court Justices

Box Box 1653:

Speeches, interviews, etc.

Reversals-12/31/85

Press Conferences

Robert Alton Harris

Earl Lloyd Jackson

Stevie Lamar Fields

Rodney Alcala

Stephen Anderson

David Balderas

Box Box 1654:

Death Penalty Cases: Bloody Thursday - Hogan

Box Box 1655:

Death Penalty Cases: Leach - Turner

Box Box 1656:

Other cases

Box Box 1657:

Legislation, Supreme Court rulings

Box Box 1658:

Bye Bye Birdie

Crime Victims for Court Reform

California Coalition for Court Reform

Box Box 1659:

District Attorneys

Fact Sheets

Supreme Court Information Project

Death penalty list

Box Box 1660:

Death Penalty Study

Bird Publicity

Spending

Contributions to Bird

Cartoons, polls, editorials, etc.

Box Box 1661:

National Media

Death Penalty Materials

Anti-Bird Groups

Citizens Act

National Right to Work

Citizens for Law & Order

Pro-Life Concil

Box Box 1662:

Anti-Bird Groups

Police & Sherriffs

Republican Conention

Farm Organizations

Sen. Jim Nielsen

Gov. Deukmejian

Davis Crime Commission

Pacific Legal Foundation

Box Box 1663:

Pro-Bird Materials

Code of Judicial Conduct

Politicizing the Judiciary

State Bar Speakers Kit

Murray Bible

Box Box 1664:

Pro-Bird Groups

Committee to Conserve the Courts

Keep Politics Out of the Court

Lawyers Coalition for Courts

Calif. Women Lawyers

Box Box 1665:

Campaign Plans

Speakers

Member List

News Releases

Media Fund

Fundraising Tapes

"The Big Lie"

Court Reports

Join-up Letter

Box Box 1666:

Depublication

Commercials

Bumper Sticker

Newspaper Clippings

Box Boxes 1667 - 1669:

Clippings

Box Box 1670:

Audio tapes, video tapes