"DSK" wrote in message
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Maybe, after careful study & deliberation, their decisions are wiser
than you give them credit for. Many people criticise Justice O'Connor
for her unwillingness to overturn 'Roe vs Wade.'


Gene Kearns wrote:
Justice O'Connor was the progenitor of a number of wise decisions and
she could clearly see beyond pop-politics.


Agreed... and add that it's rather difficult to criticise most Supreme
Court decisions, much less individual SC judges opinions on them, without
careful study. OTOH it's really easy to holler insults because the outcome
isn't what one might prefer at a glance.

"Careful study" - I think that's what's missing when people bitch loudly
about certain judicial nominees. I wonder if these people have ever heard or
read transcripts of what goes on in many SC hearings. NPR will sometimes
read excerpts. It's rather fascinating, especially because it often involves
the justices throwing hypothetical legal questions at lawyers, as a way of
pushing legal questions to absurd extremes, and peel away anything but the
most basic logic. And, I recently heard a commentator say that sometimes,
the justices refuse to overturn a law not because they agree with it, but
because they think it should be debated further in lower courts (and the
press & other public forums) so lawyers can return later with more clearly
defined arguments. I think this is brilliant, and it means the justices are
doing exactly what's right.