Just what does a Supreme Court justice do?  Walter Williams views their role as similar to a football referee here.  He quotes President Obama, "We need somebody who's got the heart to recognize -- the empathy to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old. And that's the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges."   Williams then goes on to desribe his definition of a judge. "What is the role of a U.S. Supreme Court justice? A reasonable start for an answer is the recognition that our Constitution represents the rules of the game. A Supreme Court justice has one job and one job only namely; he is a referee. There is nothing complicated about this. A referee's job, whether he is a football referee or a Supreme Court justice, is to know the rules of the game and make sure that they are evenly applied without bias. Do we want referees to allow empathy to influence their decisions?" 

While I agree with Williams views on the Supreme Court justices, I could slide over to President Obama's view if somehow referees (or umpires) would make a favorable ruling and finally let the Cubs win the World Series.  That is probably asking to much, but maybe the NASCAR referees can give Dale Earnhardt Jr. a break so he can win a race sometime in the next couple of years!