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It's not a political office. They aren't "supposed to be liberal or conservative." They are supposed to apply the law as best they can given their experience.
by hiptobecubic 5y ago
It's not a political office. They aren't "supposed to be liberal or conservative." They are supposed to apply the law as best they can given their experience.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> It's not a political office. Yes, it is. It's not a popularly elected office, but then, neither is the Presidency. Certainly, every officer directly appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate is political, legal terms of art about the two “political branches” notwithstanding.
- hiptobecubic 5y agoIt's political in the sense that people are political, but judges in general are supposed to try to behave as I said. They aren't supposed to be beholden to anything other than the law. Certainly not reelection.