Some random thoughts on DMW and the discussion. The recent action of the Fla. Supreme Court. I am inclined to agree with June. Too often news reporters fail to explain judicial decisions very well, and politicians are only too willing to lay the blame elsewhere. By constitutional law of most states, Supreme Court judges are supposed to apply the law as best they can.
Judges take an oath to do that.
If the law was clear in this case, the judges would have violated their oath not to decide as they did. We would be rightfully outraged at the result, because the judges would have violated their oaths as judges. Thus, in the current situation, if the application of the law was clear, the judges may have had no choice but to apply it. We should also remember that judges normally cannot make public pronouncements about their decisions, nor can they point out any faulty arguments of the press or prosecutors about a decision. Judges can certainly make mistakes, but in raising questions about judges we should remember what their job is.