The opinion piece “It’s crucial to understand the process behind court decisions” authored by Judge Gail Prudenti, Dean, for Long Island Business News on August 6 discusses the importance of of understanding the process behind court decisions.
Excerpt
If all you know of Herman Melville’s magnum opus is that Captain Ahab dies and the whale survives, you really haven’t understood Moby Dick. You’ve missed the bigger story, the nuance and the symbolism that makes the novel such an endearing treatise on nature, fate, evil, obsession and all-consuming hatred.
So it also goes with judicial opinions.
As a former judge, it frustrates me when I see talking head commentators and others opining about judicial decisions that they have obviously never read. I often wonder if even 5 % of the people who love Roe v. Wade, or loathe Roe v. Wade, have ever actually read Roe v. Wade.
Justice is a process more than a result, and while the bottom-line of a decision is obviously key, the route to that bottom line is just as or even more important. It is crucial to understand how and why a court got from Point A to Point Z.
Read the full article on the Long Island Business News website (Subscription needed).
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