No, he or she doesn't. Because if they did so arbitrarily then they have likely long since been thrown off the lower benches. A judge doesn't decide: a judge w

No, he or she doesn't. Because if they did so arbitrarily then they have likely long since been thrown off the lower benches. A judge doesn't decide: a judge weighs evidence and then states which interpretation of the law they believe is correct. If we had a judicial system arbitrated over by people who could simply say "I want this outcome" and make it so, then the country would and should crumble.