Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 6, 2009
Do Judges Make Law? Yes - Just Not at Their Confirmation
The myth that judges don't make law is soothing to the general public but entirely untrue, writes Matt Valenti.
FORUM COLUMN
By Matt Valenti Sen. John McCain's just done it. Sen. Jeff Sessions did it. Even Judge Sonia Sotomayor did it. They've all recently repeated a tired legal myth that is long past due for debunking. As McCain put it in his letter to President Obama, announcing his plan to vote against the nomination of Sotomayor, "The job of a judge is not to make law." Or, as Sotomayor herself put it when grilled by Sessions,...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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