Retired Canadian Supreme Court chief justice Beverley McLachlin looks slightly more ridiculous today in her role as a judge on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal (CFA). Two of her<a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot; international counterparts on the court have quit&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/06/british-judges-resign-hong-kong-top-court-sumption-collins&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/06/british-judges-resign-hong-kong-top-court-sumption-collins"> international counterparts on the court have quit</a> — former United Kingdom Supreme Court justices Lawrence Collins and Jonathan Sumption — with Collins stressing it was due to the “political situation.”

Judges have biases, preferences and blind spots, just like the rest of us. Unfortunately, we all have to live with theirs{ai:summary}<p>McLachlin's position on Hong Kong's CFA becomes questionable with colleagues exiting over political concerns. #politics</p>

Chris Selley: Beverley McLachlin drags us all down with her in China

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