Results oriented judiciary

[Rob Boudrie]

"Results oriented judiciary" is an insult leveled at courts who first look at the outcome they want in the case, and then go on a scavenger hunt to find a justification for that result - effective acting as de-facto legal counsel for the side it has decided should win.

The CNN article on one of the original SCOTUS affirmative action cases shows just how far "results oriented" can go - it even includes SCOTUS internal memos about "finding a way" to arrive at a particular decision. What is most interesting about this is not matter of the specific case, but rather how blatant the court was about "wanting a particular result" rather than following the law where it leads.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/poli...-1978-bakke-harvard-north-carolina/index.html

 

[Rat187]

"Results oriented judiciary" does mean 'Justice' in the legal sense of the word...My lawyer used the term,'optics'. A baffling concept for the newly initiated recipient of such 'Justice'.

 

[Dennis in MA]

It's how most folks "reason" through things. Look at posts here. People don't look at facts and make rational decisions. They decide what they believe and cherry-pick to "prove" their point. And then call you a moron for pointing out hte obvious flaws in that strategy. ROFL!!!!

Our judiciary is a subset of us. Ergo, it's gonna carry a lot of results-oriented bias in it.

 

[MisterHappy]

"Results oriented judiciary" is an insult leveled at courts who first look at the outcome they want in the case, and then go on a scavenger hunt to find a justification for that result - effective acting as de-facto legal counsel for the side it has decided should win.

The CNN article on one of the original SCOTUS affirmative action cases shows just how far "results oriented" can go - it even includes SCOTUS internal memos about "finding a way" to arrive at a particular decision. What is most interesting about this is not matter of the specific case, but rather how blatant the court was about "wanting a particular result" rather than following the law where it leads.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/poli...-1978-bakke-harvard-north-carolina/index.html

The law is not a path, it's a maze, or a web or some other analogous structure.

With that as a map, you can get anywhere you want.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

The law is not a path, it's a maze, or a web or some other analogous structure.

With that as a map, you can get anywhere you want.

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[paul73]

"Results oriented judiciary" is an insult leveled at courts

why? it is what a law is. the verdict is known and set before the case is even heard.

 

[Gidge]

This is where we get such buffoonery as when "activist" Judges assert that the U.S. Constitution is a "living breathing document".