On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Perhaps a better method might be to have a two day window where any >> potential judge can announce their interest in a case. Then the CotC >> makes a random selection from among all interested judges? > > I'd frankly prefer that the CotC assign the case instead of a judge > who wasn't interested in it. Whatever happened to impartiality? > I don't know that disinterested judges are any less impartial, or that simply having interest in a case makes you biased. An interested judge is more likely to deliver a judgment which has been thought out and is far more likely to deliver it on time. This would drastically reduce the number of appeals due to non-comprehensive or poorly thought out judgments as well as reduce quantity of recusal and re-assignments due to time limits or self-recusing.
I for one enjoy judging but dislike being assigned to cases for which I care nothing about. BobTHJ
