Another note on the whole Sonia Sotomayor thing.
The supreme court should be as extremely conservative as possible. while they are responsible for the administration of the law in disputes, those laws should have clear wording that cannot be twisted to any other meaning.
Its it the responsibility of the legislators to ensure that their legislation says what they mean it to say. The judiciary is the filter of the law, since if can be twisted, it has been or soon will be.
A Clarification -
Conservative, as in politically and socially, since the two are often effectively the same thing. The conservative, preservation attitude should serve to temper the liberal force of change.
The relative strength of the wording in laws often reflects the amount of political will behind it. Since this is true, a conservative political view in the interpretation of law serves to stabilize and slow liberalization of the law.
Change in small doses - the key to a stable, forward-looking republic.
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I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'conservative' here; do you mean politically conservative? Socially conservative? fiscally conservative?
On the twisting of laws: Jonathan Swift once said that in order to prevent misinterpretation of laws no law should contain more words than the number of letters in the language of it's respective language (i.e. no law written in English should be longer than 26 letters). Funny idea, too bad it's never been implemented.
Conservative, as in politically and socially, since the two are often effectively the same thing. The conservative, preservation attitude should serve to temper the liberal force of change.
the relative strength of the wording in laws often reflects the amount of political will behind it. Since this is true, a conservative political view in the interpretation of law serves to stabilize the slow liberalization of the law.
Change in small doses - the key to a stable, forward-looking republic.
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