The public must tolerate this reality because the players in the system are imperfect human beings. Judges have an entirely different role to play, to fairly arbitrate between the two adversaries for justice, a role that depends upon being scrupulously impartial. This brings us to the shocking behaviour of Justice Zabel last Wednesday. Only Justice Zabel himself can make this right. If this is true, to show he wore that hat for these noble reasons and not the repugnant ones, Justice Zabel knows he must resign.

Source: thestar November 16, 2016 11:01 UTC