Most of us tend to be swayed by what we read. Judges are not superhuman. They, too, are mortals. This is why they have to be exceptionally careful in rendering decisions, which cause unintended consequences.

For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.

Oh, the unintended consequences of perfidy!

from The Ninja and The Diplomat (coming in September 2015)--As an unintended but ineluctable consequence of the one child policy, he and his wife, like most of his generation and those succeeding, consisted of only children; hence his family included no aunts or uncles, no cousins, and no nieces or nephews. The Chinese family had lost an immeasurable dimension of richness.

We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.

Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.