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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by saint_fiasco on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @11:10AM (#15339331)
You can't fine judges for disagreeing with you, even when they are actually wrong and you are actually right. Think of the precedent that would set.
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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by Bartweiss on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @11:19AM (#15348634)
As infuriating as it can be, the legal sanctity of bench decisions is a really good thing. We'd probably be better off firing judges for sufficiently bad decisions than trying to exact personal consequences.

I don't think I've heard of a judge facing legal action for anything short of outright bribe-taking, and that's probably how it should remain.

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