Hunter v. United States · ¶111

Of course, the Court's desire for a particular legal rule does not give it the right to create it. “Our duty is to apply the law, not to make it.” Pine Grove v. Talcott, 19 Wall. 666, 677 (1874). Thus, concerns about public perception of the judiciary provide no justification for the Court's decision. The power to change the law to avoid outcomes that the people do not like “lies with the people, and not with the judiciary.” Ibid.

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