State Supreme Court Nominee Announced Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | Sacramento, CA Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. omaskybukhariev / Flickr Gov. Jerry Brown has nominated Stanford Law Professor to the California Supreme Court. Mariano-Florentino Cuellar is a Mexican-born Stanford Law School professor who was a special assistant for justice and regulatory policy in the Obama White House in 2009 and 2010. Veteran journalist Leo McElroy has witnessed the evolution of California's current governor and he joins us to talk about this latest appointment and what it will mean for the currently makeup of the California Supreme Court. LINK: Law Professor Nominated To California's High Court