Duty of non-consequentialism

--- Duty of non-consequentialism --- Exclusion of extraneous knowledge and political realities --- Scope --- For every Court, before they reach a judgment, it does not matter that they might “come under fire” or “face pressures” --- We cannot exceed the scope of our authority under the Constitution or the law, and we cannot allow our decisions to be affected by any extraneous influences such as concern about the public’s reaction to our work --- Our legitimacy lies not in making compassionate decisions but in adhering to uncovering what the law means --- We ought not to be influenced by our morality, personal understandings and political realities as we “have to do right to all manner of people, according to law, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will” and “even if we could foresee what will happen, we would have no authority to let that knowledge influence our decision”.