Nathan Choi didn’t show up for our endorsement meeting, but the SECB isn’t sure that Choi even lives on this planet. “I am the only candidate who has successfully developed Real Estate,” his statement reads in the voters’ pamphlet. Um, what the fuck does real estate have to do with being a supreme court justice? Choi also has a record of campaign violations and personal lawsuits. In a divorce proceeding, he allegedly failed to pay child support, falsified records, and tried to move his children to Hawaii, where he can’t practice law because of a suspended license. In a signed court declaration, Choi admits to his ignorance of the law: “I am licensed to practice law in Washington. However, I do not know the Washington rules so I only do immigration work for Korean speaking clients,” he wrote. Also, this.
Meanwhile, Justice Steve Gonzalez is a fucking prince who made us all blush with his uhhh huh huh handsome command of the justice system. Gonzalez can hold us in contempt anytime. But in all semi-seriousness, Gonzalez is in his seventh year on the Washington State Supreme Court, after 10 years on the King County Superior Court. He’s the chair of the Interpreter Commission and speaks Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and English. He’s committed to increasing the number of people of color working in the justice system, and he actively recruits those kinds of candidates to work on his staff. Vote Gonzalez.
