Why should we trust the system?

[jonathon]

	Jim:

On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, jim bell wrote:

> Okay, I'll admit that I _never_ believed that judges actually follow the 
> standards they claim to.  But many other people of those who are more 

	I know of a very good way to ensure that judges do follow
	the standards that they claim to follow.

	It works even better at making politicians keep all the
	election promises the make.

	Has one drawback --- it reduces the number of people willing
	to carry out those two functions to virtually zero.  OTOH, that
	probably would be a very good thing.  

        xan

        jonathon
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