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Rose Bird [1936-1999] American
Rank: 104
Judge, Former Chief Justice of California


Rose Elizabeth Bird served for 10 years as the 25th Chief Justice of California. She was the first female justice, and first female chief justice, of that court, appointed by then Governor Jerry Brown.


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The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have to tell people things they often do not like to hear.
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It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.
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My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it.
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