Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
... How do you not mesh your personal views in your "interpretation?"


As a custodian of the law, you're not supposed to. That's why the nominees (most recently Kagan) are scrutinized by the hearing committee and relentlessy grilled on that very thing.
I think they TRY to separate their personal views from what is law but it doesn't always work that way (i.e. Ginsberg's STRONG dissent in Bush v. Gore)

Originally Posted By: The Italian Stallionette
... I have a problem believing they are infallible.


Nobody claims they're infallible. But they ARE the final word in countless legal battles and why it is the dream of many attorneys to have the opportunity to argue before them.

Back to the sandbox...


A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.

- THOMAS JEFFERSON