While Pahoran’s judgment is considered final for the people of the land of Zarahemla, that judgment is not accepted gracefully by the contingent of people who brought the petition in the first place. Having failed at making the change within the system, they still intend to make the change, and therefore work to change the system, beginning with the removal of the chief judge. This is the situation foreseen by Mosiah when he established the judgeship. He understood that the majority of the people would prefer good leaders, but that there would be some who did not. As that group who did not increased in numbers and popularity, there could come a time when the majority of the people would not want good leaders (good being defined as those supporting the Nephite religious and political ideals) and then there would be a change (Mosiah 29:26-7).
At this point in the history of the Nephite nation, this division of opinions is reaching a critical mass. It is not yet at the point of bloodshed, for there is a final mechanism in place, and they move to the point of that mechanism.