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TruCoz : Your Platform for Political Sound-Off
- TruCoz
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- The only rules for this blog are: 1) Keep it PG 2) Discuss, debate, and argue; but DON'T demean another blogger. If you do, you won't be posted. 3) ENJOY
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"Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously;To answer wisely; to consider soberly; And to decide impartially." ~Socrates~ Article III in the constitution establishes 3 branches of government. Judiciary is one of them. They guard our constitution against rights and liberties being threatened. Although they do not have the power to make or enforce the laws, they have the power to interpret and apply law to settle disputes. Our founders wanted the judges to be appointed for life, and receive compensation that will never be lowered throughout their running in office. This makes for an independent judiciary judge who can decide cases without the pressure of the people, and political influence.
I for one do not keep up on the cases being put forth to the federal court, nor do I understand how it all works. But, I trust our founders in their capacity to create a system of federal courts that are just. I will say, that through the years mercy has gotten away with robbing justice. Those who abuse, and those who do extremely illegal acts are not getting the justice they deserve. Back in the day capital punishment made people think about killing and raping before they executed their plan. Now they get a nice cell, and food given to them like a maid service every day. How nice!
Like all things in government, the Judiciary branch can’t escape from the politics of the day. I would dare say, they are more involved in the politics than any other branch, which is rather unfortunate. “Justice is blind,” it has been said, but as more and more court decisions (on all levels) are based on the political views of the justices, Justice seems a lot more capable of seeing than one would hope.
I appreciate the Socrates quote above which ‘Nugent’ posted. While I would hope that all judges are of sufficient moral character, taking time to consider and ‘weigh the balance’, far too often they allow their own subjective bias to get in the way of objective truth. But to expect every decision to be completely impartial is to imagine an idealistic world – one in which there would really be no need for judges.
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