Foreclosures & The Rule of Law
Sunday, February 7th, 2010During a momentary escape from a brief I’m trying to complete before the end of today, I ran across an article on the Pennsylvania Litigation Blog about a sheriff who has become a hero to some because he won’t conduct auctions on foreclosed homes as the law requires.
The article itself was basically just a reprint of one that was supposed to appear in the Wall Street Journal on June 6, 2008. It was a user comment that struck me more and inspired this post.
I don’t normally write about non-criminal law issues, but since this involved a sheriff picking and choosing what duties to perform, it seemed an acceptable fit here.
The commenter praised the sheriff because even though what the sheriff did was “against the law,” it was the morally right thing to do. At least, it was the morally right thing to do in that commenter’s opinion.
I disagree. At least I think I disagree. (Keep reading!)
