California: A bitter conflict between dissident judges and the leaders of the California Supreme Court has now gone public.

◼ The Not So Civil War Between the Legislature and the California Supreme Court - Tony Quinn/Fox&Hounds

It has never happened before. The Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, Tani Cantil Sakauye, accusing the Speaker of the California Assembly John Perez of lying while a prominent Assembly member compares the chief justice to a rookie legislator who does not understand the process.