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the only person who can silence a room by saying nothing and reaching for a gavel
means To form an opinion or reach a decision about something or someone, or the official with the authority to decide cases in a court of law.
from From Latin 'iudex,' a compound of 'ius' (law, right) and a root tied to 'dicere' (to say) — so a judge is literally the one who 'speaks the law.' It traveled into Old French as 'juge' and arrived in English around the 13th century. That same 'ius' fathered a whole courthouse of relations: justice, jury, judicial, even 'just' itself.
- black robes
- Adopted as English mourning dress after a queen's death
- the gavel
- Many real courtrooms never actually use one
- contempt power
- They can jail you on the spot for mouthing off
- recusal
- Must step aside if they could possibly seem biased
- your honor
- Address them wrong and the whole day sours
john roberts — chief justice of the us supreme court since 2005, presides over the nation's highest court
judy sheindlin — judge judy, arbitration tv show host who judged 20,000+ cases on air from 1996-2021
mariano-florentino cuellar — federal judge on the ninth circuit court of appeals since 2011 based in san francisco