And he called Butler an activist ?
This is what Bucher said about Justice Lois Butler when he was mulling a run for the Supreme Court.
Keep these thoughts in mind as you read the next few upcoming posts.
“There’s only one item that’s worth focusing on in this race, and that is judicial philosophy,” Bucher said. “He’s an activist and he’s proud of it.”
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Activist as an adjective describing a judge in my mind means a judge that wants to be more than a judge and do everybody else job too such as the legislators and the executive branch too.
The classic Republican definition of an activist judge is one that decides in a manner other than what the Republican wanted it. This holds true even if what the Republican wants is against the law.
So an activist lawyer would be one that does what she/he wants even if what the lawyer wants is against the law or the desires of his client or in the interest of justice?
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So what do we call someone in the executive branch who likes to tell the judicial branch to take a hike?
Wow, if Paul didn't know that Jessica wrote the Schimel letter for the Freeeman, I'll bet it's really cold in Merton today.
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