With so many skilled lawyers on the mod board, one might think that at least the appearance of impartiality would be considered.

If one of the mods was an actual very angry participant in the "discussion" that lead to the bannings, one would certainly have hoped that such an individual would have recused him/herself, or been recused by cooler heads, from any further diciplinary proceedings, rather than possibly take on a role of judge, jury, or prosecutor.

But maybe we as a society are just getting accustomed to a more Gonzales style appearance of fairness as a standard, though recognizing that RR is certainly not bound by any such guidelines.