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Old 07-07-2005, 04:04 PM   #17 (permalink)
RusCrimson
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Originally Posted by Elphaba
I can't agree with you more. I wonder as well about the accusation of "activist justices". When seven of the nine current supreme court justices have been appointed by Republican presidents, it stretches the imagination that all somehow became activists, ignoring the constitution.
Republicans have a tendency of picking SCOTUS justices that disagree with them. For example, President Eisenhower described Chief Justice Warren and Justice Brennan as the two biggest mistakes he'd made in the White House.

Where is Hugo Black when you need him?
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