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2012年考研英语真题注释+答案解析 （中英文对照版） 【内容提要】 本文围绕法官的所作所为，讲述了该如何让法院看起来更具合法性：法官要约束自己的行为，使自己的所作所为符合行为道德规范。 　　The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot _1_ maintain its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_ when justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that _3_weakened the court’s reputation for being independent and impartial.介绍背景，引出话题：最高法院法官的道德判断。 　　Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, appeared at political events. That kind of activity makes it less likely that the court’s decisions will be _4_accepted as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not _5_boundby an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself _6_subject to the code of conduct that _7_applies to the rest of the federal judiciary.举例，分析原因：法院缺少道德规范的约束。 　　This and other similar cases _8_raise the question of whether there is still a _9_line between the court and politics. 　　The framers of the Constitution envisioned law _10_ashaving authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions _11_so they would be free to _12_upset those in power and have no need to _13_cultivate political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely _14_tied. 　　Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social _15_concepts like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it _16_shapes is inescapably political-which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily _17_dismissed as unjust.深入分析法律与政治之间的关系。阐明法律必须独立于政治之外的原因。 　　The justices must _18_ address doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves _19_accountable to the code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and, _20_as a result, convincing as law. 最近，最高法院法官的道德判断成为了至关重要的事情。法官所作所为犹如政客一般，法