We don't need judges to be politicians, because we have politicians. We don't need them to be kings - we got rid of kings for very good reasons.
We need judges to be the referees, not just another set of players in the game.
We need judges to be the referees, not just another set of players in the game.
The judiciary can then declare those new laws to be unconstitutional.
That is an active judiciary. It is be deplored. The judiciary in the US is supposed to be the weakest branch of three. The EU is an example of what happens when it's the strongest.
Justices can interpret laws in a way that makes sense for the time and surrounding they live in. And they have to do it as long as the law is not 100% clearly written (which it isn't usually)