California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin said Wednesday that he will step down Aug. 31, giving Gov. Chin, 77, joined the court nearly 25 years ago, becoming its first Chinese American justice. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California Ming Chin waves after being acknowledged during a joint session of the California Legislature in Sacramento on Jan. 21, 2016. Voters soon overturned the marriage decision by passing Proposition 8, which eventually was struck down, and former Gov. At a 1996 news conference on his appointment to the state’s top court, Chin said his only sorrow was that his parents did not live to see him attain the honor.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2020 17:48 UTC