[rodguy911]

Would it be fair to say that this judge could just as easily have decided to hear the case as to discard it?

[Red Steel]

Yes. It’s ala carte for judges.

Cannot let anything get in the way of their 9 o’clock morning tee time. /sarc

[parsifal]

Yes. But it would have lost at the appeals level.

parsy, who says a judge can find ways to make things happen but it is considered bad way to practice law and wrong in general.

[AmericanVictory]

At this point that will be up to the third circuit to decide.