- 27 Sep 2020 21:09
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@Pants-of-dog, I'm not sure how you get "must give permission" out of "give encouragement, correction, and help." Would that mean that the men would be required to get the permission of their own "heads" before they make major decisions?
That's what you get with Perfectionist judges. When judges rule by what they think the law or constitution ought to mean rather than what it does mean, then what those judges think it ought to mean becomes vitally important. And when you've been advancing your political agenda through Perfectionist judges that share your beliefs in what the law or constitution ought to mean, then judges that rule according to what it does mean become threats.
Rugoz wrote:I love how the supreme court is supposed to be this neutral apolitical institution, yet everybody is utterly obsessed with the political leanings of whoever's going to be on it.
That's what you get with Perfectionist judges. When judges rule by what they think the law or constitution ought to mean rather than what it does mean, then what those judges think it ought to mean becomes vitally important. And when you've been advancing your political agenda through Perfectionist judges that share your beliefs in what the law or constitution ought to mean, then judges that rule according to what it does mean become threats.
Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.
—Edmund Burke
—Edmund Burke