If the courts are making the decisions, it matters who the judge is and, of course, people are concerned with what is the bottom line.
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.
Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
Judges should interpret the law, not make it.
People must be confident that a judge's decisions are determined by the law and only the law. He must be faithful to the Constitution and statutes passed by Congress. Fidelity to the Constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my life and the hallmark of the kind of judge I have tried to be.
One thing I know from personal experience, judges hate it when parties talk publicly about their cases. There are a lot of things about our criminal legal system that need to be changed, and this is just one of them. Prosecutors know how to play the press. Most defendants don't.
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.
I remain mindful that the role of a judge is a limited one and that judges can't solve every problem. But at the same time, judges play a crucial role in safeguarding liberty and protecting the rights of all citizens.
The court makes an amazing amount of decisions that ought to be made by the people.
Our role as judges is to interpret the law.
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