I will try to find the research; it has been published ---- Paul Finkelman President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law Albany Law School 80 New Scotland Avenue Albany, NY 12208 518-445-3386 (p) 518-445-3363 (f) [log in to unmask] www.paulfinkelman.com --- On Fri, 9/11/09, Edward D Ragan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Edward D Ragan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] STATE'S RIGHTS ON THE COMEBACK To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 11:18 AM 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? ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html