This is an interesting comment:
“The only problem that occurs to me is how do you find impartial judges in Iraq? Saddam Hussein terrorized the country for so long, it seems to me it would be difficult to find judges that you could call impartial.” –ABC’s Charles Gibson
Gosh, I don’t know. Are we looking for someone who has no opinion, or someone who can act impartially regardless of their opinion? I’d rather have the latter. But I know Gibson really means, “Saddam is so guilty, he’ll never have a chance of beating this rap unless he can find a French, German, or Saudi judge willing to allow all kinds of irrelevant nonsense in the court.”
If you look at our federal judge nominating process, you’d have to conclude that it is impossible to find someone mature and intelligent enough to subvert their personal interests to decide things impartially. If that’s the case, our complete legal system is a sham.