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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4767572" data-attributes="member: 177">Other parts of it may be more serious, yes.&nbsp; I was simply eliminating a point that was insubstantial - the issue of social association.Is it?&nbsp; Do you know if and/or how much the judge got paid?&nbsp; Unless I missed it, the article didn't say.As I understand it, in a legal sense, &quot;bias&quot; and &quot;conflict of interest&quot; do not equate to &quot;has a known opinion on one side of the issue&quot;.&nbsp; Conflict of interest is about having some reason not based in the law for choosing one side over another.So, if the judge got paid to advocate for one side, that's a conflict of interest.&nbsp; If he got no remuneration, is a member because he feels strongly about the law on the matter, it is not much like being on the board of United Tobacco.&nbsp; And, to be honest, I find it rather implausible that a competent defense lawyer in such a case, and the press, didn't know the judge's association ahead of time.&nbsp; We hear about it only after they lose, but hear immediately afterwards?&nbsp; Interesting...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 4767572, member: 177"] Other parts of it may be more serious, yes. I was simply eliminating a point that was insubstantial - the issue of social association. Is it? Do you know if and/or how much the judge got paid? Unless I missed it, the article didn't say. As I understand it, in a legal sense, "bias" and "conflict of interest" do not equate to "has a known opinion on one side of the issue". Conflict of interest is about having some reason [I]not based in the law[/I] for choosing one side over another. So, if the judge got paid to advocate for one side, that's a conflict of interest. If he got no remuneration, is a member because he feels strongly about the law on the matter, it is not much like being on the board of United Tobacco. And, to be honest, I find it rather implausible that a competent defense lawyer in such a case, and the press, didn't know the judge's association ahead of time. We hear about it only after they lose, but hear immediately afterwards? Interesting... [/QUOTE]

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