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To: koan who wrote (37974)10/14/2008 4:12:14 PM
From: nigel bates  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
>>If you applied statistics to court decisions based on the party the judge belonged to, I believe, you would find their political views drive their decisions to a statistically significant degree.<<

Agreed.

But there have been both good and bad liberal and conservative judges. There is certainly an existential element, but the best judges on either side of any argument have are lawyers first, and political beings second.