Should a 12 year old eating French fries on the Metro be a crime?

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Roberts is about as anti-activist as you can get, as demonstrated by this case.  He is exactly what we need.  jfern's opposition just proves that his recent anti-activist rhetoric was disingenuous; he labels judges "activist" when he disagrees with them.

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Roberts is about as anti-activist as you can get, as demonstrated by this case.  He is exactly what we need.  jfern's opposition just proves that his recent anti-activist rhetoric was disingenuous; he labels judges "activist" when he disagrees with them.

No, basically alll judges are activist. I'm sick of hearing that only liberal judges are activist.

If you define "activist" as "a judge who may overturn a law because they believe it is unconstitutional" then yes, all judges are activists.

I prefer wiki's definition:

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It's the intent that best defines judicial activism.  Activists are not every judge who uses judicial review, but only the ones that use it to push an agenda.