"hard logic" of law and the courts. supreme justices these wise old sages, like a garden gnome or some precious fantastical national creature to be protected. illusions of "impartiality". American penchant for "free thinking" and pioneerism that's like a paper tiger; would you rather develop an outlook and ideology that you fully stand behind, or claim no opinion as a sort of opinion
"you could imagine a world where checks on power are not simply more power"
"[the constitution] is both too remote/old and too new (this country)"
how ideologically committed conservative people are v. "liberal" or "progressive" folk
institutionalized cruelty
when people's lives are a thought exercise to someone
"what does it do to a person, to continually disappoint themselves every day, under the law?" re: liberal judges and their values
You should make an articulated post on your site about this, I would love to hear more of your thoughts.