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Originally Posted by Rekna
One of the GOP senators said something along the lines that any judge who believes something that is contrary to the law is unqualified for the position. My question for that senator is does that mean every judge who believes abortion should be banned is unqualified to be in the supreme court?
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That senator needs to go back to Civics Class. The job of the SCOTUS is to
interpret the law. Their interpretation
becomes law. By definition, a SCJ can't possibly "believe something that is contrary to the law" as if there IS a thing called "The Law" prior to the SCOTUS interpreting it.
It's hard for a congresscritter to get his head around, I guess, but every single word of law they pass is only provisionally the law, until the SCOTUS gets a case that challenges that law and the law is upheld.