If only people who are ideologically committed to a particular outcome argued to the courts, the law would be worse off.

It is really a euphemism for asking the man, 'how are you going to decide particular cases that I care about? It is a kind of smoke screen for asking that question.

Once I'm committed, I'm unafraid of the outcome.

Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don't need them, and the bad people don't obey them.

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.

We had heard that the outcome could be considerably worse than it was, and we are absolutely thrilled it came back the way it did. Clearly, the judge understood there was nothing malicious in Jeff's actions.