Landers v. Stone

I agree with the majority’s opinion and analysis regarding Circuit Judge Michael Lander’s petition for declaratory judgment and I join it.1 I write separately to address issues raised in the dissenting opinions.

While I appreciate that everyone has different experiences that, at least to some extent,

11flmay color the lens through which we see any given situation, our personal opinions and beliefs cannot be substituted for the law. In announcing his retirement from the bench, Justice Danielson, in a public statement, said that if not for the statute at issue in this case “prohibiting [him] from…