SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) – Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova) was honored to receive the 2022 Scales of Justice award presented by the California Judges Association.

The California Judges Association was established in 1929 and is the professional association representing the interests of the judiciary of the State of California. Members include judges of the Superior Courts and Courts of Appeal, Commissioners of State courts and State Bar Court judges.

“It is quite an honor - a high point of my legal career,” said Assemblyman Ken Cooley.

The “Scales of Justice Award” in given to a select few legislators in recognition of their contribution to the courts and the people they serve.

“Early in my career - another judge, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy - sent me a letter that has shaped my view of public service since 2003. It said ‘Congratulations to you and all of your colleagues for working to reinvigorate the principle of participatory democracy. Self-government must not be an abstract ideal, but must be a reality, and we must be unceasing in our efforts to make it more effective and respected by our people’. This was a private letter from US Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (who taught constitutional law at McGeorge School of Law in the 1980’s) to me dated June 18, 2003, in anticipation of the founding of the City of Rancho Cordova on July 1, 2003,” said Assemblyman Ken Cooley.

Assemblyman Ken Cooley represents the communities of Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Murieta, Rosemont, Wilton and other portions of unincorporated Sacramento County. For more information, please visit http://asmdc.org/members/a08/