Courts cannot supply the constitutional wisdom a people lacks.

Evidence

Should a people who lack the political wiedom to establish a sound constitution for themselves expect to be able to shuffle off their deficiencies simply )y running for help to the Magi on the bench? — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 3751

Categorization

• XREF: Directly carries forward the ch51 claim that courts should not adjudicate malapportionment because no prior legal standard supplies criteria — the ‘Magi on the bench’ image is the pay-off framing. — connects to: One-person-one-vote equality rests on a contested image of legislatures as mirrors of popular will. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 3755; World courts are useless without prior bonds of reciprocity and shared aims among peoples — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 720; Courts lack the power to dictate public policy and depend on political support — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 212 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Courts lack the power to dictate public policy and depend on political support #expands (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 212
• Courts rarely dictate policy because rulings need political support. #corroborates (0.85)
• Courts can declare a defense unconstitutional but cannot implement supporting programs #exemplifies (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 8141