U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers reminds potential jurors there was a time in the U.S. when many people like those in the courtroom did not have the right to serve on juries—including herself. “And I can't tell you how often I see mouths open, like, ‘Wow, that's the judge.’”
August 29, 2022 at 07:30 AM
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Retired California Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell last week described attending a crowded open house in Palo Alto back when she was still a sitting judge.
The realtor, a white woman, walked up to Cordell, the first Black woman to sit on a Superior Court bench in Northern California, as soon as she entered and said “This house is for sale, not for rent.”
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Clockwise from top left U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the Northern District of California, Drucilla Ramey, Dean Emerita of Golden Gate University School of Law, Retired Santa Clara County Superior Judge LaDoris Hazard Cordell, Noreen Farrell, Executive Director of Equal Rights Advocates; and Senior Ninth Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon . Image from video
