Federal Judiciary

Obama Sticks to his Activism Pledge

By Curt Levey

This was my advice to President Obama yesterday:

[N]ow would be a good time for you to clarify if you feel that you may have gone too far by endorsing judicial activism. For example, you could make it clear that you agree with Attorney General Eric Holder?s recent statement that ?judges should make their decisions based only on the facts presented and the applicable law.?

I guess he wasn?t listening:

?I will seek someone who understands that justice isn?t about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a casebook,? Mr. Obama said during an unscheduled appearance [yesterday] in the White House briefing room. ?It is also about how our laws affect the daily realities of people?s lives.?

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Full post as published by ConfirmThem on May 02, 2009 (boomark / email).