I don't have any respect for judges who arrive at the result first, and then try to figure out some way they can bend the law to reach their particular predilections.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.
A judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge... stretching for results he prefers rather than those the law demands.
Judges should interpret the law, not make it.
But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.
But I do believe this - I believe that fundamentally, society is headed in the right direction or wants to head in the right direction, and I think judges have an obligation to try to help it head there.
Judges should interpret the laws according to what they say, not according to what the judges wish they would say. Judges are supposed to interpret the laws; they are not supposed to make them.
Our role as judges is to interpret the law.
Judges have to have the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent, shaped by other judges equally striving to live up to the judicial oath.
I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.
Judges are real people with real-world experiences and backgrounds. We cannot expect them to erase their experiences and backgrounds from the mindset that informs their judicial decision-making.
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