Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 4, 2004
Unwritten Rule of Survival: 'Judges Should Be Seen and Not Heard'
In the Victorian age, when I was a child, a popular grownup adage was "children should be seen and not heard."
Arthur Gilbert
Justice (ret.)
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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In the Victorian age, when I was a child, a popular grownup adage was "children should be seen and not heard."
That's not easy for kids. It is unsettling going down a slide with your mouth open in a silent scream. The behavior of kids today proves that the rule has been repealed with a vengeance. That's why I favor enacting a new rule that takes the old one even further: "Children should not be seen, heard nor had."
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