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Judges are not required to give an entire account of their rationale behind decisions, and are shielded against public scrutiny and protected from legal repercussions. However judicial accountability can reinforce judicial independence as it could show that judges have proper reasons and rationales for arriving at a particular decision.
Judges make decisions that shape the law in ways that affect every Ohioan, no matter their political party. That’s why your vote is so important — because you have the power to influence who ...
The central question of The Nature of the Judicial Process is how judges should decide cases. Cardozo's answer is that judges should do what they have always done in the Anglo-American legal tradition, namely, follow and apply the law in easy cases, and make new law in hard cases by balancing competing considerations, including the paramount value of social welfare.
One accusation made against the living Constitution method states that judges that adhere to it are judicial activists and seek to legislate from the bench. [citation needed] That generally means that a judge winds up substituting his judgment on the validity, meaning, or scope of a law for that of the democratically-elected legislature.
A strong society needs good judges, the justice told the audience of hundreds who filled the courtroom and the court halls outside to watch the ceremony. "Municipal court judges are probably the ...
Opinion: Let’s learn a lesson from sports in our country and respect people (like judges) who have the job of making sure people play by the rules. Opinion: Let’s learn a lesson from sports in ...
The Supreme Court Building houses the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.. The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.
The Civics Project column: Why U.S. justices get lifetime appointments.