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BigV · 04-02-2005, 11:56 PM

From here:

RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS SEEK THEIR OWN 'ACTIVIST' JUDGES

Sat Apr 2, 8:25 PM ET

By Cynthia Tucker

Friends of Florida judge George Greer describe him as a low-key conservative Christian, a Republican, a family man, a dog lover. Appellate courts have found over and over again that Greer simply followed the law in deciding a sad and controversial case. But for that sin, the Pinellas County Circuit Court judge was invited out of his Southern Baptist Church.

Apparently, Greer's critics, including his pastor, didn't like his rulings in the Terri Schiavo case, which landed in his courtroom in 1998. They wanted him to be an activist judge -- a jurist who ignored the law and ruled according to the passions of a group of partisans.

Ultraconservatives want you to believe the term "activist judge" applies to a group of determined liberals whose rulings have overturned historic precedent, undermined morality and defied common sense. But the controversy that erupted around Schiavo, who died on Thursday, ought to remind us once and for all what "activist judge" really means: a jurist whose rulings dissatisfy a right-wing political constituency.

emphasis mine.

I can see inviting the judge out of the church. It's a private organization, like, say the Atlanta Country Club where the Masters Tournament is held that prohibits women from playing. Whatever. Stoooopid, but not really my business. They wouldn't want me, and I f'sho don't want them.

But the whining and clamoring about "activist judges" is a drum I'm worn out beating.

To be plain:

Coming from people who don't get their way, the decisions are coming from "activist judges". When they do get their way, the decisions come from "stalwart constructionists".

This kind of partisan rooting and cheering is something that lends spice to the local football game, but on a national level, um, aren't we all Americans rooting for the Con-sti-too-shun?

Hey, can I get a show of hands here? Who thinks the actions of the courts in the latest round of this story rises to the level of jurisIMprudence, judicial activisim, etc?

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BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Look up hipocrisy in the dictionary, see this cite From here: RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS SEEK THEIR OWN 'ACTIVIST' JUDGES Sat Apr 2, 8:25 PM ET By Cynthia Tucker Friends of Florida judge George Greer describe him as a low-key conservative Christian, a Republican, a family man, a dog lover. Appellate courts have found over and over again that Greer simply followed the law in deciding a sad and controversial case. But for that sin, the Pinellas County Circuit Court judge was invited out of his Southern Baptist Church. Apparently, Greer's critics, including his pastor, didn't like his rulings in the Terri Schiavo case, which landed in his courtroom in 1998. They wanted him to be an activist judge -- a jurist who ignored the law and ruled according to the passions of a group of partisans. Ultraconservatives want you to believe the term "activist judge" applies to a group of determined liberals whose rulings have overturned historic precedent, undermined morality and defied common sense. But the controversy that erupted around Schiavo, who died on Thursday, ought to remind us once and for all what "activist judge" really means: a jurist whose rulings dissatisfy a right-wing political constituency. emphasis mine. I can see inviting the judge out of the church. It's a private organization, like, say the Atlanta Country Club where the Masters Tournament is held that prohibits women from playing. Whatever. Stoooopid, but not really my business. They wouldn't want me, and I f'sho don't want them. But the whining and clamoring about "activist judges" is a drum I'm worn out beating. To be plain: Coming from people who don't get their way, the decisions are coming from "activist judges". When they do get their way, the decisions come from "stalwart constructionists". This kind of partisan rooting and cheering is something that lends spice to the local football game, but on a national level, um, aren't we all Americans rooting for the Con-sti-too-shun? Hey, can I get a show of hands here? Who thinks the actions of the courts in the latest round of this story rises to the level of jurisIMprudence, judicial activisim, etc? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.