When a judge goes beyond [his proper function] and reads entirely new values into the Constitution, values the … - Robert Bork

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Robert Bork

When a judge goes beyond [his proper function] and reads entirely new values into the Constitution, values the framers and ratifiers did not put there, he deprives the people of their liberty. That liberty, which the Constitution clearly envisions, is the liberty of the people to set their own social agenda through the process of democracy.

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