It's a nitpick, but consistency and fairness are independent qualities in legal interpretations. As the simplest example, consistently applying an unfair ruling

It's a nitpick, but consistency and fairness are independent qualities in legal interpretations. As the simplest example, consistently applying an unfair ruling or precedent does not result in fairness. Only by presuming that all previous court rulings (at least those that can be used as precedents) were fair, does consistency result in fairness.