Nov. 2022 Election: Q&A with Rebecca Kanter, candidate for San Diego County Superior Court judge [Opinion]
There are two candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot running to be the next San Diego County Superior Court judge in Office No. 35: Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Kanter and Deputy Attorney General Mike Murphy. Here are Kanter’s answers to an 11-question survey The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board emailed out.
I’m seeking Seat 35 in particular because of my commitment to diversity in the judiciary. Seat 35 was most recently held by a woman dedicated to improving diversity on the bench. Like me, she served on the Lawyers Club of San Diego board of directors, whose mission is to advance the status of women in law and society. Through my service to Lawyers Club and on the San Diego County Bar Association’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, I have worked to promote a diverse judiciary.
I think Chief Justice John Marshall said it well when he wrote that our Constitution is “intended to endure for ages ... and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.” The Constitution was imperfect at its origins — perpetuating slavery, excluding women from the vote, etc. — but the core values of justice, liberty and equality continue to be relevant in our modern era and will be the guideposts of my judicial philosophy.A: As a former civil rights coordinator for the U.
A: Given the ongoing civil and criminal litigation related to various incidents of deaths in custody, I believe judicial candidates are limited in responding to this question pursuant to the Code of Judicial Ethics, which prohibits candidates from commenting on pending issues, cases or controversies.
A: The presumption of innocence is a bedrock principle of the criminal justice system. The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed that “liberty is the norm, and detention prior to trial or without trial is the carefully limited exception.” Our California Constitution provides that “excessive bail may not be required.
A: I am deeply concerned about the erosion of faith in our institutions, including the judiciary. In these times, it is incumbent on judges to share in the collective responsibility to uphold and restore the public trust in our representative democracy and its institutions.
Some of the work I did as a lawyer representative to the federal district court demonstrates my longtime understanding and commitment to addressing unconscious bias in judging. One of my duties as a lawyer representative was to help plan the annual judicial conference. For the 2015 judicial conference, our team selected the theme “Is Justice Blind?” in the wake of several notorious policing incidents, including the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
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