Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 31, 2011
A lesson in humility
The black robe should not give judges superpowers vis-a-vis the law. By Hirbod Rashidi of the University of California, Riverside
A few weeks ago Judge Jackson Lucky adversely ruled in one of my cases. The court sua sponte vacated - for want of subject matter jurisdiction - one of the orders that my office was enforcing without our appearance. Not too concerned about the lack of notice but disagreeing with his rationale, I immediately filed a motion to vacate the order. At the hearing on my motion he delineated his rationale, then listened to my oral argument (he had clear...
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