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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our life experiences, the experiences of those close to us, no matter what race, have an effect on our points of view.  This is no different for a judge, congressman, president or mom down the street, we are all human.  The assumption is that people like judges can put their perceptions aside, but it gets blurry when those life experiences are part of the reason they are in their seat of power.  I don't have the answer.  I don't think DT is completely wrong in his opinion but I don't think he's completely right.  [/quote]

Right. Trump was merely reacting to unfair rulings by this particular judge. It's reasonable to question this judge's background could produce bias against him.[/quote]

First of all, there's no evidence the rulings were unfair. Second, there's no evidence that if they were, they had anything at all to do with racial bias. And third, the rulings he's talking about are barely even substantive. Deciding that a case should go to trial rather than be dismissed on summary judgment is actually more conservative ruling, in a legal (not political) sense. It's the default; it's what should happen if there is any doubt at all in the judge's mind. It's not like the judge is deciding issues against Trump. He is saying he is NOT going to decide the factual issue and is going to let a jury do so.

I work in an administrative court. Every appellant who loses his case claims his judge was biased against him. The reasons for the bias range from gender, race, religion (Trump's standard playbook) to creative stuff like "hates veterans" or "hates federal employees" (an interesting one since the judges are also federal employees).

If the judge was biased and it affected his rulings, the case will be reversed on appeal. That is what the appellate process is for. Trump, like every other litigant, should let it play out the way it's supposed to. Real bias that prejudices the proceedings is extremely rare, particularly in civil cases. [/quote]

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