06/28/05

Is it a bad idea to retaliate against judges who make bad decisions? No, not at all. Professor Barnett would not punish a judge for 'the good faith exercise of his duty,' but that's meaningless. No judge is going to say something like 'I ruled this way not because that is what the Constitution says but because I like big government,' or, to take a very common case, 'I ruled this way not because that is what the Constitution says but because I personally am against the death penalty.' High court judges violate their oaths of office that way all the time, and they ought to be punished for it...

http://www.rasmusen.org/x/archives/714

from Rasmusen, by Eric Rasmusen


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp