The Journal editorial echoes a call issued yesterday by the Center for Security Policy for President Bush to ensure that the Joe Bidens of the world are not able to infer, interpret or otherwise impute to the somewhat nebulous understanding reached on Sunday by Mr. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin a U.S. commitment not to withdraw from the ABM Treaty, as Sen.

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He says part of the problem is that too few people now study classical Greek, Latin or Arabic and there are not enough experts to interpret the original texts.

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Further, scientists do not always agree with one another on how to interpret or respond to scientific findings.

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Second is a recognition of the limits of the judicial role, an understanding that a judge's job is to interpret, not make law, to approach decisions without any particular ideology or agenda, but rather a commitment to impartial justice, a respect for precedent, and a determination to faithfully apply the law to the facts at hand.

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