Depending on which definition one may wish to highlight, the term justice can generally be defined as a theory of administering the law in general fairness. However, where conflict arises is the general presumption that laws when applied to criminal and civil cases are adequately judged by both Judges and jury with fairness with regards to the U.S. Constitution and applicable laws of the land. We, acknowledge that this not the case within all circumstances since it has been highlighted thru the course of our nation’s judicial history that both the U.S. Constitution and the laws of the land are or will be interpreted in a number of ways.
An interesting perspective (or opinion) I found originated from the website: Ethics & Public Policy Center. The article was presented on: National Review Online. It was dated: July 22nd, 2005 and was authored by: Edward Whelan.
The author is reflecting on the potential position on the then nomination of John Roberts, who is …show more content…
Casey. In so doing, these justices declared, “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” What this vacuous New Age declaration — which has now been embraced by six of the current justices — really means, of course, is that those justices claim to have the unconstrained power to define for all Americans which particular interests those justices think should be beyond the bounds of American citizens to address through legislation” (Whelan,