On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Steve at Verizon wrote: > Chris Dunford wrote: > > > let their demand for small/weak federal government (or against > > > "activist judges") try to justify their bigotry. > > > > Yeah, and, as a side note, it's always interesting to note that > > judges are only "activist" if they do stuff that the > > conservatives don't like. There's apparently nothing "activist" > > about, say, five judges selecting as President the candidate > > with a half-million fewer votes. > > You keep forgetting that we do not elect a president by popular > vote. Get the Constitution changed if you want it that way. And it > was 7 Justices who overruled the Fla Supreme Courts decision (The > 5-4 vote was for remanding it back to them).
It was Scalia, the guy who says that the Constitution is a dead document, at the prompting of the Bush campaign, who inserted the Supreme Court into a state (FL) election matter. When it suits them, screw the "state rights" and to hell with the 10th amendment. So much for sticking to the said "dead document." If _that_ isn't being an activist judge, I don't know what is! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
