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lawyerluke

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1. Judge is citizen too.
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 06:19 PM
Mar 2012

You dont stop being a citizen when you become a judge. As long as the case is decided on the merits with the proper application of the facts and the law, it is proper.
the misperception so many people have of the law is that there is a right and awrong answer in evry case. Just not true. some cases really do come down to the perceptions of the trier of fact. In this cse its the judge.
What he does as a private citizen outside the courtroom is irrelevant as long as its legal & doesn't cast aspersions or questions on his impartiality as a jurist.
If Scalia canduch hunt with Cheney then decide a lawsuit brought against him, this case shouldn't even create a ripple.

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