Letters
Nov. 11, 2022
The way to restore confidence in Courts is to clear the backlog
Eugene M. Hyman
Judge (Ret.)
San 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 Rosenberg's Perspective piece, "The Role of the Robed," Nov. 3, speaks several truths about the current state of the public's confidence in judiciaries state and federal. While I agree that recent Supreme Court decisions and other legal matters of national intrigue shouldn't undermine that confidence, I think it's necessary to acknowledge that it has.
And rightfully so, in many regards. Even though we're all eager to put it ...
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