The Wisdom Of John Roberts
By Rob on Domestic Issues
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John Roberts, answering a question from Senator Dick Durbin during questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee:
I had someone ask me in this process — I don’t remember
who it was, but somebody asked me, you know, Are you
going to be on the side of the little guy?
And you obviously want to give an immediate answer, but,
as you reflect on it, if the Constitution says that the
little guy should win, the little guy’s going to win in
court before me. But if the Constitution says that the
big guy should win, well, then the big guy’s going to
win, because my obligation is to the Constitution. That’s
the oath.
The oath that a judge takes is not that, I’ll look out
for particular interests, I’ll be on the side of
particular interests. The oath is to uphold the
Constitution and laws of the United States. And that’s
what I would do.
Exactly.
As I’ve stated before, it is not the court’s duty to fix what is wrong with our law through their rulings. Their job begins and ends with applying what is the law to a given situation. If the law of the land states that people with blond hair and blue eyes cannot vote judges must uphold that law regardless of how they feel about it.
If the law needs to be changed then it must be done through the legislature. We should not, cannot, take short cuts just because the issue is of great importance.
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