“Isn’t that concern intrinsic to every judge?”
No. A judge who does not suffer from SSAD, and who does not feel loyalty to another party who does, such as a sibling or friend, will be capable of considering the case on its merits.
It is disordered thinking that interferes with a judge’s performance of duty, not the orderly, rational thinking of an intelligent, educated man.
Disordered thinking and orderly, rational thinking are not equivalent.
This is your argument: “If this irrational man shouldn’t hear the case, then neither should rational men.”
>> This is your argument: “If this irrational man shouldn’t hear the case, then neither should rational men.”
I made no such argument.
My comments are based on the likelihood the judge would be forced to leave the case.
I’m not challenging the opinion that the judge should not be ruling the case. I’m interested in hearing the legally acceptable arguments that require him to be removed from the case.