Don't Judge the Judges

The Book of Ruth begins the story with the statement "In the days when the Judges judged.  The Hebrew, though, can be read as "In the days when the Judges were judged."  The meaning is clear.  Every decision that the Judges made was criticized.  In a society in which the legal authorities are constantly challenged will lose its cohesiveness.  We must realize that the law has to be objective, not open to our whims.