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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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 do not believe there are any circumstances in which a judge should consider his or her own values or policy preferences in determining what the law means.
Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.
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 ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
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 should interpret the law, not make it.
Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.
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.
A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.