Re:Student Debt Lawsuits Are a Lucrative Business
by FireBeyond on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @01:25PM
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> I don't think judges should necessarily be punished for bad decisions.
There are poor subjective decisions and then there are bad decisions.
"The technicality of the law" is a core component of the job of a judge. _Wilfully disregarding_ that is incompetence.
Example: in my state I work as a paramedic or EMT. In many states, including mine, there are Good Samaritan laws that protect bystanders, should they do harm in attempting to do well. There's a standard of reasonability.
For me? Not so much/at all. If this is my job, I am held, by my employer, by the state, by the Medical Director (whose medical license I practise under), and my patients to a core competency that means I am expected to know, and act as a professional care provider, and that I can be sued, sanctioned, or otherwise for failure to meet those standards.
There are poor subjective decisions and then there are bad decisions.
"The technicality of the law" is a core component of the job of a judge. _Wilfully disregarding_ that is incompetence.
Example: in my state I work as a paramedic or EMT. In many states, including mine, there are Good Samaritan laws that protect bystanders, should they do harm in attempting to do well. There's a standard of reasonability.
For me? Not so much/at all. If this is my job, I am held, by my employer, by the state, by the Medical Director (whose medical license I practise under), and my patients to a core competency that means I am expected to know, and act as a professional care provider, and that I can be sued, sanctioned, or otherwise for failure to meet those standards.
And it should be the case.