There are good judges out there - at least, there is one

There has been a report that a California judge refused to approve a contract of Bindi Irwin, the daughter of Steve Irwin, without proof that her father is dead.

A media frenzy resulted.

The judge was mocked and insulted in comments on Facebook pointing out that why, stupid, do you need to see a certificate of death of Steve Irwin when "everybody knows" that he has been dead these past 9 years - because the media and his daughter said so.

Yet, the judge stuck to the law and continued to require the death certificate.

Whose mistake is it that in a proceeding approving the contract of a minor, the death certificate of one of the parents was not presented by the minor's lawyers?  Certainly, not the judge's.

The judge did what he would have done in similar contract-approving proceedings for any minor.

Because - the law is the law - and the Lady justice is (or is supposed to be) blind to status of the parties appearing before the judge - and there is equal protection of laws, going both ways, for the good and for the bad.

And you know what lawyers for the show are saying:

"We're told lawyers for the show will do what it takes to get the judge to sign off."

What does that mean?

The are going to bribe the judge?

Intimidate the judge?

Submit the judge to the media frenzy?

And they will do "anything it takes" to do what - make the judge NOT follow the law?

Why?

Why is Bindi Irwin different from you and me, the mere mortals?

Because she stands to earn over $230,000 in 8 weeks?

If money explains-away not following the law, then we are not the country based on the rule of law.

The judge is right.

And the judge should not sign off.

Because the only thing Bindi Irwin should do is to have her Dad's birth certificate FedEx-ed to the court, for the judge to be able to follow the law and approve her contract.

So, the rule of law is not dead yet?