§ 1 The text
NASB
Leviticus 19:15, NASB“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.”
“Getting partial protection passed is a moral win even if the law is unequal.”
§ 2 The argument
The command 'do no injustice in judgment' is absolute; impartiality is required regardless of who benefits. Justice may not be bent — not for the powerful, not even for a sympathetic strategy. A deliberately unequal abortion law does 'injustice in judgment.'
§ 3 Context & notes
Supplement (not quoted directly in the transcripts but the load-bearing text behind the 'no partiality' theme, and matches the user's stated example). Pairs with Deuteronomy 16:19 and Proverbs 17:15.
§ 4 Themes
no injustice impartiality equal protection judging fairly
§ 5 Discussion questions
- 'You shall do no injustice in judgment.' Is writing an intentional exception into a homicide law compatible with that command?
- The verse rules out partiality even toward the sympathetic. How does that apply to laws that spare the mother from any accountability by design?