"It's Good to Be the King"

Delays can be frustrating and disillusioning; they make judges seem imperious to litigants, ....

Ha! It's not the delays that are doing that. They're not helping, no argument, there, but they are not the reason.

Judges seem imperious to litigants because judges act imperious towards litigants, forcing them to stand when their Honors enter the courtroom, talking to them as if they, the citizens, were children, bullying them with the Courts' power to hold them in contempt. Tradition, the trappings of judicial power, whatever, the men and women of the bench wear that crap as easily as their robes, and they come across as arrogant asses, not public servants.

But if you're the kind of person who believes judges are impartial administrators of justice, noble guardians of our nation's laws and the public's trust, then, okay, it's the delays that are making them look imperious. Sure. If that's what gets you through the night, ...