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ju·di·cial ac·tivism
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broad interpretation, judicial activismnoun
an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court)
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I oppose and will vote against the nomination of Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court, my decision is based upon her record of judicial activism, flawed sentencing methodology regarding child pornography cases, and a belief that Judge Jackson will not be deterred by the plain meaning of the law when it comes to liberal causes.
Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan:
It's a challenge, but again, I still think we're on track to get the land we need for 450 miles, but I will say is there are lawsuits out there. So again, we've seen a lot of the judicial activism out there and land acquisition is not going to be immune from that as well.
They will say the Federalist Society's way of picking judges is wrong. I understand that inclination because we've been disappointed so many times, but once you start normalizing judicial activism -- whether it's on the right or the left -- we're going to lose that fight long term.
So then we get to Lawrence v. Texas, which was a Texas law criminalizing sodomy, and judicial activism ignored the immorality of homosexuality and created this fabricated right to privacy that was in the penumbra of the Constitution and determined that homosexuality is within that right to privacy in the penumbra of the Constitution. And the Supreme Court with judicial activist motivations overturn that law.
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