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Originally Posted by BoLevi
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While they should show restraint, judges are private citizens as well. They have the right to have their feelings and have their own opinions. It is what they do on the bench that matters. It when activist judges do crazy #### that has no merit where the problems come in. So a judge expressing their personal opinion is fine, so long as restraint is maintained. It's when they allow that opinion to cloud their judgement while executing their duties where it becomes problematic. For example the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court made comments about Trump as well after he attacked the court.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chie...ry?id=59344259
Also, Trump's own sister, a judge made negative comments about him, describing him as a liar with no principles.
https://en.mercopress.com/2020/08/25...-no-principles
As a private citizen outside of their robes they have the freedom of expression. Once the robes go on they are to be the clear arbiters they are charged to be.
What we are concerned about are judges that come to the court and stack rulings in direction because of their political beliefs, see Anton Scalia.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02...voting-record/
With the addition of more corporation friendly justices, the people's court will be working against them and their rights in favor of big money and corporate power.
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Originally Posted by Ark2
This is how conservatives see it as well, or do you not realize that?
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I like how you left out the most important part of my quote.
"The reality is the bench is supposed to be impartial and non-political. Lady Justice is blind and is holding the scales of of balance. The court is to interpret law based on the constitution and precedence, nothing more.
The fact that conservatives are politicizing the bench is not only shameful, but tragic."
If this is what they believe, they sure have funny ways of selecting their judges and appointing them to the court.
https://apnews.com/875e9a5e1e19e9754bfcc7c63cc747c4
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciar...g-lower-courts
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...federal-judges
"Trump hasn’t simply given lots of lifetime appointments to lots of lawyers. He’s filled the bench with some of the smartest, and some of the most ideologically reliable, men and women to be found in the conservative movement. Long after Trump leaves office, these judges will shape American law — pushing it further and further to the right even if the voters soundly reject Trumpism in 2020."
Sounds like what they believe is "The reality is the bench is supposed to be impartial and non-political. Lady Justice is blind and is holding the scales of of balance. The court is to interpret law based on the constitution and precedence, nothing more."
As I said, "The fact that conservatives are politicizing the bench is not only shameful, but tragic."