> It’s the same reason why judges and courts strive to avoid the perception of substantive bias. I see the point that you're trying to make, but I'll also turn

> It’s the same reason why judges and courts strive to avoid the perception of substantive bias. I see the point that you're trying to make, but I'll also turn it on it's head: when a judge makes a ruling does that mean that they were "biased" in favor of the winning party? > Politics must be divorced from “its real-world effects” Does a judge ignore the "real-world effects" of their orders and only consider the behavior of the lawyers? > A liberal’s take on what they think will be “the real-world effects” of a proposed policy (at least, the ones they care about) will not be useful. Is a liberal judge's reasoning in an opinion not valuable to a conservative judge?