It's about time somebody stood up and pointed out some truth.
Thanks for the post.
-Melinda Skinner

On Sep 11, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Edward D Ragan wrote:

> 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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