text: In a time when most headlines about judges' activities in court have to do with their astounding ignorance of social issues, and their blatant obliviousness to basic humanity, how refreshing, and encouraging to hear about one judge who recognized the utter cruelty and iniquity of a particular piece of legislation, and stood up for intelligence, integrity, and justice.
  
  Thank you Judge Westman, and all your colleagues who took the same action of conscience