Are most judges hacks?

[All Along The Watchtower]

Yes, but it’s not necessarily a problem.

[TheReckoning]

Hacks to ideology? To an extent, but I think a vast majority support the Constitution first and foremost.

Hacks to politicians? No, as everything post- November 3rd has shown us.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Not in the sense that most congresspeople are, where unless it's something that really matters to their district/state, they just do as their party leader tells them without question.

However, in the sense that most judges will generally always rule Liberal or generally always rule Conservative whenever the statute or constitutional provision is ambiguous?  Yes. But even here, generally is the key word. There will always be the weird case, where due to odd facts or exceptionally bad oral argument, the judge will not take its ambiguity to the ideology they usually do. Largely due to differences in the specifics of their profession, these 'edge cases' don't really exist for politicians.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Hacks to ideology? To an extent, but I think a vast majority support the Constitution first and foremost. Yes, very much so.

Hacks to politicians? No, as everything post- November 3rd has shown us.

[Ferguson97]

Hacks to ideology? To an extent, but I think a vast majority support the Constitution first and foremost. Yes, very much so.

Hacks to politicians? No, as everything post- November 3rd has shown us.

Yup. Most of them know what outcome they want and write the argument to justify it.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Yes

[Torie]

Absolutely not. Some are not very competent, but few just blow the law off.

[Stranger in a strange land]

A few months ago I would have said yes, but the fact that Trump didn't get a single notable judicial victory in his attempt to overturn the election, even from judges he himself had appointed or hyper-partisan judges appointed by Dubya, shows that most of them (though not all) take their oaths and duties seriously.

[LtNOWIS]

A few months ago I would have said yes, but the fact that Trump didn't get a single notable judicial victory in his attempt to overturn the election, even from judges he himself had appointed or hyper-partisan judges appointed by Dubya, shows that most of them (though not all) take their oaths and duties seriously.

I don't disagree. But even a major hack, whose sole goal is to advance conservatism rather than the law, would realize that this isn't the hill to die on. Save it for an election that's actually close.