[bestes]

Is it illegal for a judge to think? If one side presents a really bad case, do they have to lose even if they are right?

I've experienced this myself, so maybe my comments should be thrown out as biased.

[tdmackey]

When you essentially don't try to defend yourself but instead insult and berate the court and opposing council in the legal documents you submit to the court you open up a very large window for the judge to side against you when there is any sort of leeway...

[lywald]

From a programmer point of view it makes as much sense as deleting a file if it fails to load. Not sure why poor argumentation skills should be the cause to a 2.4M fine. They are unrelated. The woman is not to blame, the system is for not managing situations like this. Like I am to blame if I don't manage exceptions in my code.

[cafard]

Trials are to be judged on the evidence presented in court. This is notoriously not always the case, but it is the way the law is supposed to be.

[lywald]

That's what I was saying. It is not justice. It doesn't matter if this is the definition of a trial. Invent a word for something better... And invent that something too. Until then, law is flawed.

[scott_s]

If one side presents a really bad case, do they have to lose even if they are right?

In most cases, the only indication the judge has as to who is right or wrong are what is presented to him.