Sometimes local, state and federal laws so clearly run afoul of the Constitution that the court must step in and strike them down. In most cases, the court performs this admirably and with great restraint.

Without question, the court does play a vital role in our constitutional system.

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Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.

This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution.

The Constitution empowers the people to resolve our day's most contentious issues. When judges forget this basic truth, they do a disservice to our democracy and to our constitution.

On every journey you take, you are met with options. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. These are the decisions that shape your life.