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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat happened to the cry of "Activist Judges".
What could be more activist than overturning a 50 year precedent?
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What happened to the cry of "Activist Judges". (Original Post)
Funtatlaguy
May 2022
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They only mean that when judges uphold a liberal cause, like supporting civil rights.
Caliman73
May 2022
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SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)1. They won't care about being hypocritical
They just want power.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,835 posts)2. Say whatever needs to be said, at the time.
Thats the rule, and the sheeple christo-fascists eat it up.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)3. They only mean that when judges uphold a liberal cause, like supporting civil rights.
or holding powerful people and corporations accountable.
You cannot count on conservatives to have any kind of internal consistency or to argue anything in good faith. Their loyalty is to their own agenda regardless of whether it is constitutional, legal, ethical, etc... Power is the coin of the realm.
unblock
(52,331 posts)4. Ah no, you see, they're merely undoing the bad work of 50 years of activist justices before them
Right wing rhetoric is simple. "We're always right, you're always wrong".