02-13-2017, 06:21 PM
Mark - I have sympathy for Amano; I think she's between a rock and a hard place, but I also tend to agree with you when it comes to the damage has already been done. If you watch the section of the video I mentioned above, she does justify her position and said she could have been much tougher on the TMT opponents when it comes to legal matters, but as most were non-lawyers she gave them a little more leeway. I suspect she also has one eye on the ultimate appeal and wants to make sure she's been fair to everyone and she has gone beyond to make sure the contested case hearing is a fair process.