In re V.V.

Judges should decide the cases that come before them based upon the facts in evidence and the governing law, not upon their moral preferences, desires, or the dictates of their emotions. The “obvious problem” with “results-oriented judging” is that “it produces bad results because it guts the rule of law.”1 It subjects litigants not to the Rule of Law, which can be discerned, understood, and applied, but to judicial whim, which is known only to the judges involved. Accordingly, judges should impartially and dispassionately decide the eases that come before them, and, “[ijnstead of worrying…