Opinion on Swallow Need Not Await for Court Decision

   If you have done wrong, you've done wrong, regardless whether you broke the law. So, I am not in step with the thought that impeachment of Utah Attorney General John Swallow should wait until the investigations have concluded.
   And, surely those who think so, would have us wait not only for the investigations to conclude, but wait even longer, waiting until a conviction came.
   But, when the question is whether you have done wrong, it is not necessarily a question of whether you have been convicted, or whether there is even a law against what you did. Ethics are not always bounded by law, so neither should public judgments be. We, as the public, should have the right to judge public officials not just by the laws they break, but by the morals they display. And, our judgments reflect upon ourselves. If we judge what Swallow did as acceptable, what does it say of our own morals?
   Courts don't decide for us who we elect; They shouldn't decide for us who we impeach.
   The public, too (not just the court) has the right to discuss the case, and the right to make a judgment. Due process can have have its place in both realms. In the courts, you don't convict without due process. So it should be in the court of public opinion: People should hear the facts before rushing to an opinion. But, yes, people do have the right to form opinions independent of what the courts say.