Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 29, 2025
Judicial independence: Neither servant nor king
Judges must resist external and internal pressures to avoid becoming either a servant or king, which takes courage and humility -- the yin and the yang of judicial independence.
San Luis Obispo Courthouse
Craig van Rooyen
Judge
Civil/ Appellate
UCLA School of Law, 1996
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The following is an address
to the San Luis Bar Association as part of a panel discussion on judicial independence
that took place on July 17, 2025.
"Judicial independence" is a phrase ripped from the headlines for today's discussion, but I'm not sure the headlines do justice to how this principle actually plays out for jud...
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