Dim Bulb: Nevada District Court Judge Patrick Flanagan

Published August 30, 2011 4:00am ET



WHAT: Ruled that Nevada’s Mortgage Mediation Program is constitutional despite a challenge by major banks, including Deutsche Bank, which cite an earlier ruling by the same court that the program is unconstitutional. WHY IT’S DIM: Flanagan had to repudiate his own ruling in order to find the program constitutional.

CURE: Credibility requires consistency.