[AMDG&BVMH]

Yes, I do see what you mean.

[savedbygrace]

I used to work for an employer whose employees were members of a union. One of the men I worked with held the distinction at that time (many years ago) of being the only person who had a grievance filed against him by the company.

He was charged with malicious obedience. He would accept EXACTLY what his supervisor told him to do, and obey it to the letter. The problem was that the supervisor was not being precise with his orders, and the net result of this employee's obedience was harmful to the company. Thus, malicious obedience.

Sounds like a fitting term for the judiciary in this case, in "obeying the law."

Malicious obedience.