The place to find the explanation for the liberal-activist mindset of the courts is in the political arena.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.
Courts are supposed to be places of reason. But this, of course, is a fantasy. I mean, there is reason being used as a technique. But courts, in fact, are baths of emotions.
The place of justice is a hallowed place.
It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.
The left has chosen the courts as a major battlefield over social issues.
We're lawyers. We present the arguments, and the court sorts out the merits.
It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.
I have a fascination for extra-judicial societies and underground cultures, and in situations where justice can only be found outside the law, and how these societies have evolved over the centuries.
This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.
The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.