Originally Posted by
Wondergirl
I spent over $17,000 and three years of grad school learning about empathy. Just because one has empathy doesn't mean one will cave, but it does mean one can get inside someone else's skin and imagine how that person feels--not a bad ability nowadays. So a Justice has empathy? Why is this a problem? I'm guessing at least the females on the SC have had empathy. Maybe it's not a guy thing.
It is a problem because it VIOLATES THEIR OATH OF OFFICE. It is a problem because justice is SUPPOSED to be blind. It is a problem because it violates the ethical requirement of the judge to
not see under the person's skin, but rather simply to interpret and apply the LAW.
It is a problem because it goes against the very duties and responsibilities of a SCOTUS Justice.