Empathy is a great quality in an individual, but it has no place on the judicial bench. The rule of law means justice is blind. Everyone is treated equally under the law, regardless of status. Empathy removes that blindfold and looks to see who's case is more sympathetic. What's legal and what's illegal shouldn't turn on wealth, history of suffering, or power. How does a former law professor not understand this? Justice is only justice if it's blind justice.
