Finkelman, you rock. This is a great piece of information. Has this
research been summed up in a single source?
Best,
Ed Ragan
On Sep 11, 2009 10:00am, Paul Finkelman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> By every measure of judicial activism, and this has been done by
> political scientists who are in effect only looking at outcomes -- not
> substance -- the most "activist" justices on the Court in the last 50s
> years have been Scalia and Thomas, followed by Rehnquist. They have voted
> to overturn more federal and state legislation than any other justices.
> When people complain about "activist" judges, is this what they have in
> mind?
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