"Federal Activist Judges" are the new "Liberals"

[MsTryska]

been seeing this phrase used by the zombies an awful lot lately....

but it confuses me - it seems that it doesn't matter where ont he political spectrum these judges may lie, as long as they make decisions the administration doesn't like they're framed as "federal activist judges".



So my question is this - where do we (those on the left) fit into this new frame, do we even bother getting involved?

and also - why is this frame acive? to what end? It's not like the right doesn't have the Judicial - especially with new Supremes as a possibility...

what's really going on here?

any info would be appreciated.

[Inland]

1. Right want power, Law restricts power, judges enforce law, judges must go.

It really doesn't matter what the law is, as long as it restricts the power of the right to do whatever it pleases.

That's what Delay calls "thumbing its nose at Congress and the President".

If it restricts Bush's power to throw Americans in prision forever withtout trial, it has to go.

If it restricts the ability of Congress to establish religion, it has to go.

Calling it liberal, activist, pro gay lifestyle, whatever mean and nasty word they have, is simply the way to pretend its' merely politics, not law, that they hate. Impeaching a judge--or threatening a judge--is just politics like voting for Bush.

[MissWaverly]

2. intimidation, it's how they took over the Republican party

there is only their way, they are trying to get the current judges to resign, so that they can then put in toadies who will constantly ask for feedback on the politically correct way for their rulings.
We won't have a separate and unbiased judiciary, we will simply have
another mouthpiece for the extremists. How many articles have we read that moderate republicans, left office and are no longer active in the party. That's why, they were forced out by mob rule.

[MsTryska]

4. So where does this leave us,

their Arch-nemeses?


imo, i think we should lay low, and let them fight it out amongst themselves – it’s already alienating a whole lot of economic republicans and I’m hoping for a Judicial smackdown. But I’m open to other views on this matter too.

[Clark Bayh 2008]

5. Agree.... hold filibuster until W nominates Scalia

[MsTryska]

7. Heck I think Scalia might be one of those "Federal Activist Judges"

as far as the masses are concerned right now.

[MissWaverly]

6. I don't think they will over run the courts by threats or bullying

I believe that they have over reached like in the Schiavo case. People are nervous about legal matters anyway, and the last thing people want is a unfair legal system. Look at GITMO where there are no witnesses, the prisoners stand and the testimony is read to them, they really get no chance to present witnesses in their defense. I still can't believe that this is happening in America.

[LostinVA]

3. It's especially "funny" because alot of the "FAJs" are

REPUBLICANS! Just not necessarily nutjobs...

[MsTryska]

8. exactly...this is why i'm so confused...

where are the Cons going with this? they're just whittling away the party until it's nothign but nutbags.