Policy Deflections News Today

Questioning, offering either crisp legal answers or policy deflections. she said it was her due to avoid policy statements, drawing a line between what politicians my prefer, and what judges do. it was dry, and at times kind of boring. perhaps deliberately so. >> im particularly mindful of not speaking to policy issues. our obligation as judges is not to create policy. i believe that judges are not policymakers. >> thats the way this system works. are you okay with that? >> as a policy matter, s...

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...