[AndyJackson]

is there anywhere in the country where judges actually subscribe to rule of law anymore, or is knowing the judges more important than knowing the law? Just an idle question from a swamp dweller.

[vette6387]

“is there anywhere in the country where judges actually subscribe to rule of law anymore”

No!

[Mouton]

Well, maybe we should make the punishment fit the crime. I believe it was in China where if a manager was found to be stealing, he was shot and the family billed for the bullet.

I think regarding corruption, making it a capitol crime would clean up the system or at least make sure that recidivism is reduced.

[Labyrinthos]

is there anywhere in the country where judges actually subscribe to rule of law anymore, or is knowing the judges more important than knowing the law? Just an idle question from a swamp dweller.

Allow me to educate you: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had no choice but to overturn Silver's conviction given the United States Supreme Court's UNANIMOUS decision in McDonnell v. United States as to the definition of an "official act" under the federal anti-corruption law at issue. The District Court Judge, in Silver, charged the jury using the nearly identical definition of an "offical act" that the SCOTUS struck down the following year in McDonnell. This is not a case where the Court failed to know or follow the law; rather they followed the law exactly as interpreted by a unanimous Supreme Court.