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Methodology to be as succinct a definition of what would lead a judge to come up with fair and objective results. i thank you for that. as a lower court judge, you were generally bound by the supreme courts and the d.c. circuits precedents. the supreme court can overturn its own precedents. thats why i found your analysis instructive. you had a precedent that had already confronted the issues you faced. however, it was another district court decision, and you were not bound by it. you nonetheles...

0 facts, im applying the law in as neutral and consistent a manner as i can. because that is the duty and requirement of the judicial oath. im also very conscious of the limits of judicial authority, of the restrictions that exist in the law to prevent me as a judge from becoming a policymaker. this means that i carefully scrutinize my jurisdiction. it means that i look at the text and focus on the text and the intentions of the legislatures that drafted that provision. or the intention of the f...