Sometimes, the simplest, local example teaches the deepest,
global lesson – politics and impartiality do not mix.
Under the blanketing fog of politics and internet delivered news,
it's easy to become confused and actually believe you can
thread the needle of politics and impartiality, but it can't be
done. It's like trying to mix oil and water.
Having waited patiently for the polls to close (so no one can
accuse me of trying to sway the election), let's get back to
basics.
In my last post, I discussed that good or problematic findings
in Superior Court judgments lead to either an easy or difficult
path at the Appellate Division for quasi-judicial land use
decisions. To illustrate my point, I used two appellate
opinions in the same land use controversy, and that same
controversy contained the nugget—nugget and impartiality do
not mix.
