This paper by UNC Professor William Marshall does a nice job of exploring the various meanings of activism. It is not the paper quantifying the issue, which I am still hoping to find. I will also try to find a pdf of this article if anyone wants one and post it. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=330266 ************************************************* Paul Finkelman, Ph.D. 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 ************************************************* ________________________________________ From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Edward D Ragan [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:10 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] STATE'S RIGHTS ON THE COMEBACK 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