Letters
May 13, 2022
Money, endorsements and an independent judiciary don’t mix
Eugene M. Hyman
Judge (Ret.)
Santa Clara County Superior Court
Santa Clara Univ Law School
Eugene is a retired judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, where for 20 years he presided over cases in the criminal, civil, probate, family and delinquency divisions of the court. He has presided over an adult domestic violence court and in 1999 presided over the first juvenile domestic violence and family violence court in the United States.
Judge Michael Stern, on May 3, and Attorney Tim Reuben, on May 9, both addressed the issue of judicial elections in California in the Daily Journal.
Missing from their debate are the twin issues of money and endorsements.
While I was appointed to the former Municipal Court in Santa Clara County, I ran for an open seat to the Superior Court. I spent $132,000 on the primary and general elections! That was in 1996, ...
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