Judicial training and role orientation restrain judges from reading personal beliefs into law.

Evidence

Nevertheless, judges are members of the legal profession, and their beliefs have been formed by their legal training. They therefore recognize an obligation not to read their own beliefs into the law. Indeed, their understanding of their responsibilities as judges—their role orientation—encourages them to guard against it. Even though judges’ efforts to banish personal views from their decisions are unlikely to be fully effective, they do have some effect. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2651

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces ‘role orientation’ as the judge’s conception of their own responsibilities, a key term in the chapter’s account of decision making.
• QUESTION: How could one ever measure the partial effectiveness of judges suppressing personal views? Evidence here is asserted, not demonstrated.
• XREF: connects to: Fear of retention defeat measurably shifts judges’ rulings toward public opinion — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 438