To be a government of laws, not men
One of the most frustrating things in watching those excuses for elected officials grill Roberts (when they’re not burning up their time making incoherent speeches instead of asking questions) is the frightening number of times they want to pressure Roberts into saying that he’ll make decisions that lead to “correct” results instead making correct decisions.
It’s the job of a judge to follow the law as she is writ, even if that leads to results that everyone, even the judge, thinks are unfortunate at the time. To do otherwise is to render the law irrelevant. What’s the point of a constitution or statute books if judges are to ignore them whenever the judge things ignoring them leads to a “better” result?