GREGG JARRETT: Rogue, leftist judges caused by an obsession with feelings, not facts

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor once observed, "We apply law to facts. We don’t apply feelings to facts."  

Judges in America should heed Sotomayor’s wise counsel. That some do not gives rise to a form of tyranny from the bench where judges hold the law in contempt in favor of their "feelings." By doing so, they are breaching the public’s trust. It is a perilous choice.  

Recently, two state court jurists allowed their "feelings" to overrule their better judgment. By anointing...