“We don’t need no steenking rule of law.”
The sad thing about it from my perspective is that the rule of law benefits everyone, both left and right. It is far, far better for a court to strictly interpret the law, because a new law can always be passed to clarify what was meant. If we continue to let judges act like super legislators, no one can predict where they’ll go next, and that harms all of us (even though a faction might claim temporary victory).
The US Constitution was an excellent foundation, but it wasn’t good enough for some factions that didn’t have the votes necessary to do an amendment. Much narrower majorities (maybe even political minorities) used judges to thwart the law while claiming to actually follow it!
Now we have ever evolving “standards” that depend on who stacks the courts. That helps no one, not even those who foolishly think it’s good to use the courts to hammer their neighbors. Our judges have become super legislators, and what’s done today can be quickly undone tomorrow by the same techniques.