A special Court has ruled that the MMR vaccine does not cause autism. This is a set-back for activists like Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and others who have the view that if anyone has some misfortune, that someone should have to pay. Anyone close by that has money should have to pay, never mind whether or not they are responsible; a sort of lotto justice. I see some problems with having courts decide scientific issues because many judges operate based on politics rather than science, but I suppose in our system their is no other choice.