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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 182: Vesuvius of Mendacities
Suprak the Stud
06/27/18 2:45:06 PM
#205:


Lightning Strikes posted...
Americans, please inform me:

Shouldn't the role of the court be to make impartial decisions based on rule of law? So having a system where you can theoretically overturn that law by appointing people of certain political leanings seems... Bad.


The issue is no one is a robot, and no one is apolitical.

Judges do a better job being impartial than most, I think, and even the justice I have the least respect for is obviously a strong legal mind. The issue comes from even if they aren't thinking about things in terms of "oh this will benefit republicans", they will frame things as "this is how I interpret the constitution, which is very conservative, thus the decisions I come to will benefit the republicans even if perhaps that isn't my true goal". Like even if you give all the Supreme Court justices the benefit of the doubt, the fact that some are more conservative than others, and Republicans will nominate a very conservative judge, will have consequences in their decisions.

There is debate between even the top legal minds about specifics about the law and the constitution, and as such they can overturn or affirm policy which has significant political ramifications.
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