Judicial Activism Quotes:

It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.

- Michael Kinsley

topic: Equality, Would Be, Recipes, Judicial Activism, Clauses

Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.

- Stockwell Day

topic: Challenges, Activism, Judicial, Judicial Activism, Parliamentary

So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.

- Michael Kinsley

topic: Years, Another Year, Conservative, Judicial Activism, Judicial

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.

- Michael Kinsley

topic: Claims, Activism, Judicial, Judicial Activism

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America.

- Ernest Istook

topic: America, Activism, Judicial, Judicial Activism, Traditional Marriage

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

- Rush Limbaugh

topic: Winning, Boxes, Activism, Judicial Activism, Ballots

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.

- John Marshall

source: Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 178, 1803.

topic: Law, Duty, Judicial, Judicial Activism, Judicial Branch

Invalidating laws has absolutely nothing to do with judicial activism. It depends on whether the law is unconstitutional or not. That's really the key point.

- Ann Coulter

topic: Keys, Law, Activism, Judicial Activism, Absolutely Nothing

I intend to go right on appointing highly qualified individuals of the highest personal integrity to the bench, individuals who understand the danger of short-circuiting the electoral process and disenfranchising the people through judicial activism.

- Ronald Reagan

source: Reagan, Ronald (1988). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1985”, p.1270, Best Books on

topic: Integrity, People, Benches, Judicial Activism, Personal Integrity

If Americans loved judicial activism, liberals wouldn't be lying about what it is. Judicial activism means making up constitutional rights in order to strike down laws the justices don't like based on their personal preferences. It's not judicial activism to strike down laws because they violate the Constitution.

- Ann Coulter

topic: Lying, Mean, Rights, Judicial Activism, Personal Preferences

If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person on earth does not have even one percent of the total knowledge on earth, that shoots down social engineering, economic central planning, judicial activism, and innumerable other ambitious notions favored by the political left.

- Thomas Sowell

source: "Don't Be So Sure". www.nationalreview.com. May 16, 2007.

topic: Engineering, Knowledgeable Person, Political, Social Engineering, Judicial Activism