[Edward.Fish]

So what? A judge has the authority to prohibit anything that he or she feels is prejudicial to either of the two parties there.

So, my argument is that a judge's authority is neither absolute, nor all encompassing.
The judge is not even the real judge of the case, the Jurors are, it is they who decide guilt and innocence — in American jurisprudence the judge is, at best, a referee, he is absolutely not supposed to be a black robed god-king.

[1rudeboy]

Well, then . . . the next time you face a jury trial for, by way of example, shooting someone who has broken into your house, I’ll ask you how you feel about the prosecuting attorney wearing a “Guns are Evil” t-shirt.