To achieve this, the ability of a judge to review the content of the decision – rather than whether the consultation occurred – after the fact must necessarily be removed.
"Thrilled with the content of the decision" — in which Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote of "the transcendent importance of marriage," and even Chief Justice Roberts declared in his dissent that he would "begrudge none their celebration".
"Cognitive conflict is about the content of the decision, whereas affective conflict is about interpersonal feelings.
"We will therefore review the detailed content of the decision with our advisers and legal counsel to ascertain what action, if any, is now required by MIH".
"We will therefore review the detailed content of the decision with our legal counsel and advisers to ascertain what action, if any, is now required by MIH.
Putting the matter in these terms is over-simplified, however, because (a) it may be that what the court did, rather than what it said, that alters the law, and (b) there are normally a number of limitations on the capacity of a decision to constitute the law (depending upon the content of the decision and the status of the body making them).
Knowledge questions were developed based on the researchers' and developers' assessment of key content of the decision aid.
