"[W]hen a strict interpretation of the Constitution, according to the fixed rules which govern the interpretation of laws, is abandoned, and the theoretical opinions of individuals are allowed to control its meaning, we have no longer a Constitution; we are under the government of individual men, who for the time being have power to declare what the Constitution is, according to their own views of what it ought to mean."
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 How. 393, 621 (1857) (Curtis, J., dissenting).
Thanks. I never read that quote. Prescient.
Yep. Old problem. Egos rise to power, along with the bodies that house them.
There are/were some wrongnesses written into the Constitution. It is no sacred document given by God’s hand. But there are processes for addressing those wrongs and activist judges isn’t one of them.
They should not be tolerated.