Sentences with phrase «black judicial robes»

But as the political candidacy of former Chief Judge of the B.C. Provincial Court Carol Baird Ellan is showing, there is a serious danger of political blowback against the bench as an institution when one exchanges her black judicial robes for the Blue, Red or Orange colours of a political party.

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According to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the symbolic, gown - like black robe has long served as standard judicial attire since the early 19th century.

Judicial review is then usually presented, both by its detractors and by its more or less enthusiastic supporters, as a clash between the people's representatives, between democracy and «black - robed supremacy.»