In addition to former California Supreme Court Justices Joseph Grodin and Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, the letter is signed by retired Northern District Judge Thelton Henderson.
Dean John Eastman of Chapman University School of Law, during a panel discussion at the Annual Federalist Society convention. November 21, 2008. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/LEGAL TIMES. Two retired California Supreme Court justices are among a group of legal scholars, politicians and former jurists who signed a letter calling on the state bar to investigate attorney John Eastman for his "efforts to discredit and overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election."
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