The average juror is not Mr. Spock. If he were, then a trial-court judge's job would be much easier. He could instruct the jury in broad strokes - instructing only as to the bare elements of the crime, perhaps - and be confident that the jury would deduce all of the finer-grained implications that must logically follow.
タグ: only, crime, judge, job

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I don't have the wherewithal to judge God's will. I don't have the wherewithal to determine whether your viewpoints are right or wrong.
タグ: judge, your, will, god
The solution to voters potentially being misled by a judicial candidate's political speech is more speech - not government censorship.
タグ: more, speech, political, government
A defendant can use discovery to run out the clock on the plaintiff and to make the plaintiff run out of money.
タグ: make, run, clock, money
You can't put a price on being proud of what you do.
タグ: price, being, proud, you
It is not the responsibility of the judiciary to amend poor legislative drafting, even if judges would personally prefer a different outcome than what is required by a statute's text.
タグ: than, judges, poor, responsibility
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