C-SPAN’s “Supreme Court Week” has posted online the video and transcripts of its interviews with seven active and one retired U.S. Supreme Court Justices: The following video clips and transcripts are now available online —

Originally aired Friday, October 9, 2009:

Interview with Justice Kennedy — Video | Transcript;

Interview with Justice Ginsburg — Video | Transcript;

Interview with Justice Scalia — Video | Transcript; and

Interview with Retired Justice O’Connor — Video | Transcript.

Originally aired Saturday, October 10, 2009:

Interview with Justice Sotomayor — Video | Transcript;

Interview with Justice Breyer — Video | Transcript;

Interview with Justice Thomas — Video | Transcript; and

Interview with Justice Alito — Video | Transcript.

Tomorrow evening, C-SPAN will broadcast its interviews with the Chief Justice and with Justice John Paul Stevens. I will link to those videos and transcripts once they become available online.

“California chief justice criticizes initiative process; The moderate Republican says it has made ‘state government dysfunctional’; he signals a sense of urgency and willingness to push for reforms”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article headlined “Top Judge Calls Calif. Government ‘Dysfunctional.’”

The Sacramento Bee reports today that “California chief justice criticizes initiative process.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Calif. top justice slams state referendum process.”