Sunday, April 11, 2010

WE KNEW THE CONSERVATIVES WERE FULL OF IT WHEN

they whined about "liberal activist judges" and the need to return the judiciary to "original intent." That was all just a deceptive way of saying that they disagreed with a particular decision. Think Progress catches George Will admitting this:
There’s another test, and it’s wielded by my conservatives, and I think it’s mistaken. And that is, they say they’re against judicial activism. By which they mean they want the court to defer to the elected political branches of government. But if you look at what’s happened recently, the decision that most outraged conservatives was the Kelo decision on eminent domain. … The court did defer to the city government in Connecticut and it enraged conservatives. The recent decision that most pleased conservatives — Citizens United, overturning part of McCain-Feingold — was the court not deferring to the Senate.

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