Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete F.
As I said before
Judge giving liberal verdict - Activist judge
Judge giving conservative verdict - The constitution is a perfect document
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
|
A verdict that comports with the Constitution is neither "liberal" nor "conservative." It is constitutional.
If a verdict is not based on the text of the Constitution, but on personal "liberal" or "conservative" values, mores, politics, or opinion, it is unconstitutional. Such a verdict is quite acceptable to Progressives, and is often used as the basis for their "interpretation." This form of interpretation is called activism. The aim is not so much to uphold the Constitution as the source of their verdict, but usually to achieve some social aim that has not been achieved through the normal constitutional legislative process. In other words, legislating from the bench.