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To: John Leland 1789
And that is why I cherish and use, “I believe,” or “I don’t believe.”

That's fine. But the judge is held to higher standards than his own personal beliefs: he's got to evaluate the claim based on actual legal arguments. That's as it should be. What you, personally, believe does not have the force of law. What the judge decides, does.

Some on this thread are deriding the judge for dealing with such a supposedly simple fact. The point is that it's not simple a simple thing in the first place, and in any case his decision has got to be grounded in law.

34 posted on 07/07/2009 5:46:59 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb

“That’s fine. But the judge is held to higher standards than his own personal beliefs: he’s got to evaluate the claim based on actual legal arguments. That’s as it should be. What you, personally, believe does not have the force of law. What the judge decides, does. “

You are kidding yourself if you think that TODAY judges don’t use personal belief -— and many of them have their own personal or political agendas. Many of them listen to, and make judgments by, political correctness.


35 posted on 07/08/2009 2:26:50 AM PDT by John Leland 1789
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