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Judges and Judiciary

Jun. 2, 2010

Rights Have Limits

A lawyer's right to run against a judge is not the equivalent of an entitlement to do so.

2nd Appellate District, Division 6

Arthur Gilbert

Presiding Justice 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6

UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963

Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.

UNDER SUBMISSION

Kenya, 1977. There were seven or eight of us, including the driver and our guide, in an open Land Rover bumping along the uneven terrain of the Serengeti. We were looking for animals, but we came upon a small group of the indigenous Maasai "warriors." There were about 14 of them, young men and boys, herding an equal number of scrawny goats. Each of the Maasai carried a spear and wore what appeared to be a shawl loosely wrapp...

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