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Watching the California Supreme Court in action exemplifies "American Beauty", or as John Stewart put it "Democracy inaction." The system is full of intangible complications that render one untrained in the law hemorrhagingly confused, but all the complicated methods have been proved to be necessary by the thousands of precedents since the inception of the court system. The Abstract laws of the court are an all encompassing blanket, with nearly every facet of a case brought before the court categorized into precedents and very specific types of cases. The judges that consist the supreme court have an air of omnipotence, seeming to know all about the case presented to them before hand, and still visibly listening to, calculating and weighing every individual word spoken by the lawyers during oral argument.
Supreme court judges seem as though they have moved past their own wants and interests. The justices do not seem to care whatsoever about the people being victimized or sued in their court, but entirely upon the law. Granted this is what a supreme court is supposed to do, its an incredibly difficult mentality for any individual to maintain in a material world. One could marvel at the possibilities of a similar mentality applied to public administration. The appearance of the judges to be able to look entirely beyond their own pressing needs, and to operate in the interests of justice is also disturbing. Justices have given up many of the things one would consider to be personality in an individual. No public opinions outside of work, les they be damning of the decision. The inability to professionally interact in the benefit of one's own interest, furthermore restriction from all conversation about work though the job is possibly one of the most time consuming in the area of law or public office.
Judges are an amazing thing, selflessly serving a society to preserve and restrict freedoms, in the paradoxical position of being a citizen but not allowed to fully live as one.
My Weekly Vocab
Sacrosanct: Something that is very holy
Knapple: To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.
Supreme court judges seem as though they have moved past their own wants and interests. The justices do not seem to care whatsoever about the people being victimized or sued in their court, but entirely upon the law. Granted this is what a supreme court is supposed to do, its an incredibly difficult mentality for any individual to maintain in a material world. One could marvel at the possibilities of a similar mentality applied to public administration. The appearance of the judges to be able to look entirely beyond their own pressing needs, and to operate in the interests of justice is also disturbing. Justices have given up many of the things one would consider to be personality in an individual. No public opinions outside of work, les they be damning of the decision. The inability to professionally interact in the benefit of one's own interest, furthermore restriction from all conversation about work though the job is possibly one of the most time consuming in the area of law or public office.
Judges are an amazing thing, selflessly serving a society to preserve and restrict freedoms, in the paradoxical position of being a citizen but not allowed to fully live as one.
My Weekly Vocab
Sacrosanct: Something that is very holy
Knapple: To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.
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