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Originally Posted by quicksteal
Example of a personal opinion: abortion is wrong, and no one should have one.
Example of interpretation of the law: abortion is legal under given circumstances.
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Your example of interpretation is identical to this personal opinion:
In some circumstances, abortion is wrong.
Judges constantly make rulings. A ruling is their personal opinion on the legality of an event. Judges do nothing other than express their personal opinions (they're called judgements). They are afforded this power because the person or people that give it to them have deemed them capable of handling that power. The political leanings of the person or people that assign/nominate a judge are quite obviously going to affect the type of person who is assigned/nominated.
Bush has simply said that he will assign/nominate people who have records that demonstrate rulings (personal opinion) that he agrees with. But he has phrased his stance as if judges who make rulings that he does not agree with are manipulating the system and judges that he chooses will not. Bush calls judges who make judgements that are in opposition to Bush's personal opinions, "activist" judges.
It is a deceit or a lack of knowledge on the part of Bush. Take your pick.