Judges (at least the good ones) don't write the law, they interpret it. You would have to carefully read the statute and it's legislative history in order to have an informed opinion as to whether the Court's interpretation was "dumb".
The last thing I want is an a court of appeals to "think out of the box." I want them strictly confined to the laws and the Constitution as written, and not to issue opinions that seem right according to their own feelings or prejudices.
Thank you for your voice of sanity. It's entirely possible, strange as it may seem, that this decision is correct. If, as I suspect, it is correct there's an obvious message to the State Legislature. Meantime, Wondevixen's roll of coins might be useful.
It is certainly reasonable to expect that one will not be subject to cameras looking under one's skirts.
Give me an answer, do.
Paul
And hopefully that what the judge's did.
However the problem arises on many ocassions on how the stautue is written.
Perhaps this stautue needs to be amended
This is a statement that usually cannot be said about the WA Supreme Court. They regularly make sh!t up all the time. Hardly better than the Florida Supreme Court.
The best justice on the WA SC is Richard Sanders, who clearly attempts to protect the rights of Washington citizens more than any other justice. Most of the rest are nothing more than apologists for the state.