JUDGE FOLLOWED CLEAR STATE LAWS

Judges are sworn to follow the law; it appears Skahan did this. Although no
one wins when police do a shoddy job and violate people's rights, the
courts are there as a part of a check-and-balance system that makes our
government work.

Gov. Phil Bredesen has given us a judge who will do what she was sworn to
do: uphold and apply the laws regardless of her self-interests.

Many countries have a system of justice some of your misinformed readers
seem to admire. China and North Korea are the first two that come to mind.

Pete Brebeck

Memphis