The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics

Judges are not voted in, so they don't have a direct responsibility to the people. Some judges will put more weight on things like text or precedent and others will put moreWeight on purposes, values, consequences. None of those things is absolute. Everybody uses all s tools, but some use more. Lie justic scalea very interested in text, and would try to create rules because he thought there should be rules.