re: #369 irongrampa

Complete naif here about the law, but isn’t there a reason that Justice is portrayed with a blindfold on? Doesn’t this purport that justice is blind?

I think that means that a judge must decide according to the law, and strive mightily to prevent any predjudice from entering into any decision, and apply the law as it is written.

Or am I being dumb here?

That is the ideal, but the reality is that life experiences shape your decisions. Let’s take two justices deciding say a gun control case. One, a avid hunter from Montana, the other born and raised NYC. They are sworn to be fair, but the gun owner might better understand the importance of the 2nd amendment.