Here is what one attorney has posted about Michigan Supreme Court Justice's Markman's view of his judicial role:
In a speech delivered April 29, 2003 at Hillsdale College, Justice Stephen Markman of the Michigan Supreme Court discussed a number of misconceptions about the Constitution of the United States. One of those misconceptions was that the role of a judge in interpreting a constitution is to do justice. As Justice Markman points out, the role of a judge is to do justice under law. Justice Markman states: “The responsible judge must subordinate his personal sense of justice to the public justice of our Constitution and its representative and legal institutions.” He quotes Justice Felix Frankfurter to the effect that: “The highest example of judicial duty is to subordinate one’s personal will and one’s private views to the law.” more.
Can you spell h-y-p-o-c-r-i-s-y? Wikipedia offer this definition:
Hypocrisy is the act of pretending to have morals or virtues that one does not truly possess or practise. The word derives from the late Latin hypocrisis and Greek hupokrisis both meaning play-acting or pretence. The word is arguably derived from hypo- meaning small, + krinein meaning to decide/to dispute. A classic example of a hypocritical act is to denounce another for carrying out some action whilst carrying out the same action oneself.
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