Well, I guess she deserves credit for that, at least in this case, but she is definitely one scary rat:
“However well-intentioned and commendable the purpose and consequences ...”
In other words, "Screw taxpayers, government is God. Wish I could help but I'm having woman problems right now and don't have the patience to make up a good story for ignoring the law and ruling in big government's favor."
My interpretation of that language is that it's designed in some measure to shield the judge from claims of bias. If a judge simply says "Such a program is no good", then people might argue that the judge is to biased against the program to see the benefits. By explicitly stating that the claimed benefits wouldn't matter even if true, the judge removes the issue from the table.