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Originally Posted by RichieLion
"Activist judges" are judges that "make law". Overturning a law that was written in violation of Constitutional powers does not rise to the level of activism.
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Only when the Republicans want that definition of "activist judges" to apply though.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/us...pagewanted=all
Not when gay rights, abortion, or other issues come before the Supreme Court that is. Then, Republicans have a different definition of the US Supreme Court Justices stepping in.