All these courses of actions and deft maneuvering abilities show that judges are indeed strategic actors. But just like the first principle, there is another factor at play which keeps their strategizing in chaeck as well, and is adressed in the next section. This allows them to be formal, such as laws, or informal, such as accepted norms and conventions. There are three institutional frameworks which judges must work within. The dynamics between judges have been previously explained.
Justices are strategic actors, who knoe their talents and limits.
They have strict rules, and many unwritten ones, about their interactions wiht one another, which they all respect. The second institution judges need to folloe is that of cooperating with other branches of government. This allows Congress to watch over justices to ensure they are in a right state of mind and really acting in the Constitutions interest per se . The The Court is also responsible in another form of checks and balances. If Congress stringly disagrees with a Court decision they may attain a larger majority and override the decision.