The Blindfold on Justice

A president cannot truly be “for all the people” if that means affirming every claim and every so-called right. Scripture defines civil authority not as a spokesman for competing interests, but as God’s minister of justice, ruling impartially according to His law. Biblical justice is blind to status rich or poor, powerful or weak but never blind to God. When leaders remove the blindfold with respect to man and instead blind themselves to God’s Word, justice collapses into favoritism and confusion. A ruler serves the people best not by representing everyone’s desires, but by upholding God’s justice without respect of persons.