@ 178. David S: Do you understand the conditions under which justices serve? Please consider their oath of office and tell me how “empathy” and identify politics fits into it?

“I, [NAME], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [TITLE] under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”

Justice is blind. Deliberately, and ultimately most wisely. To consider the law any other way is the shortcut to favoritism and partiality; it is a sure means to a quick reversal of the benefits of affirmative action and equal opportunity.

The problems with a lack of blind, impartial Justice is what we see in countries like Iran and North Korea, Venezuala and Cuba.

I should hope that not even the most progressive, liberal Democrat would not aspire to this, for as surely as they revel today in perceptions of being the “favored ones”, they will one day find themselves on the short end of the stick. But by then there will be no recourse, no redress.

Deride Conservatives all you like. Just remember that it is the Conservatives who gave you the right to show the world your stupidity without fear of anything more than social ostracism.