There are many things according to the Kzinski article and class discussions that can limit a judges discretion. In the article, it mentions that an example of judge discretion is that judges often have to base their findings strictly off the constitution. This is very limiting because the constitution says very specific things for example, in the constitution under article 2 section 1 that says "no person except a natural- born citizen or a citizen of the US, at the time of the adoption of the constitution, shall be eligible to be president". There is essentially no way around that and since the constitution often does not change, judges are limited in their decision making process by this and often times only the constitution. The are often
