black robes
Courtroom authority's attire
Black robes refers to judges collectively, from the traditional garments worn in court.
The term often carries a critical tone, suggesting judges as a ruling class wielding unchecked power: The black robes decided the election.
It appears frequently in political commentary critical of judicial activism or overreach.
- judgesLegal proceeding overseers
- Supreme CourtNation's top tribunal
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- priestsOrdained religious leaders
graduation · cap and gown · gown · vestments · magistrate · academic · ivory tower · solemn · flowing · dark · ceremonial · ritual · hooded · monks · justice · law school · death sentence · bench
- Friarsfriar, friars, Franciscan, Franciscans, friary
- Supreme Courtchief justice, associate justices, justices, certiorari, oral arguments
- Bunrakupuppet, puppeteer, shamisen, narrator, chanter
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- hellscapedemon, devil, hellfire, brimstone, flames
formality of attire
black robescasual wear
Informal, comfortable clothing
street clothes · plainclothes · civvies · mufti · athleisure
black, blacks, blacker, blackest, blacken, blackened, blackening, blackness, blackish