Judges are appointed often through the political process

But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.

Judges are appointed often through the political process

I mean, there are lots of people who get married who can't have children. To take a state that does allow adoption and say-there, what is the justification for saying no gay marriage? Certainly not the one you said, is it?

I think whether you are a judge on my court or whether you are a judge on a court of appeals or any court, and lawyers too - and if you're interested in law yourself, you'll be in the same situation - you have a text that isn't clear. If the text is clear, you follow the text. If the text isn't clear, you have to work out what it means. And that requires context.

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.

Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.