ABSTRACT
A way of being and thinking, influenced by executive and judicial priorities, allows administrators to be not caught up in the whirlwind of the moment. The inclusion of such a judicial mindset provides administrators with a way to moderate and legitimize their actions from a constitutional perspective. A judicial orientation is able to tilt vision upward because judges are asked to protect the constitutional priority of individual rights. To cultivate a perspective that grants them a greater capacity to judge their executive actions, administrators need to incorporate the characteristics of judicial thinking. Judges aim to possess an independent mind that can balance and link together means and ends in a way that fits both concrete realities and constitutional priorities. This judicial mindset can justify the need for robust executive action and limit such action when vigorous responses undermine constitutional priorities. Proper judicial thinking considers empowering executive action.
