I've known of a number of people who call themselves "conservatives", and whose allies call them "conservative", who are barely--if at all--to the right of Charles Schumer. If someone calls themself my friend, does that make them so?
In another article earlier, I did read that Greer considers himself a conservative Christian.
I'm sure Castro, Mugabe, or Hussein would probably describe themselves in glowing terms also.
Again, I doubt if you could attribute a pro-death descriptor to all of the 40 plus judges in this case. If Greer complied with Florida law as he claims, then he is by definition a constructionist or conservative judge. If he felt the laws were bad, and so ruled, wouldn't he then be classified as activist?
Greer acted in many cases with what could, at best, be described as wanton disregard for whether his 'findings of fact' corresponded with reality. As such, I find it difficult to say he 'followed the law'.
As a hypothetical, suppose that someone appeared before Judge Greer with a 'will' written on a cocktail napkin, supposedly by a recently-deceased relative, which gave all the person's assets to the person presenting it. Numerous handwriting experts found that the writing on the 'will' looked nothing like the relative's writing but a lot like that of the named 'heir'. One handwriting 'expert' said that the 'will' was written with the same color blue ink as the decedent sometimes used.
Under such circumstances, would it be legal for Judge Greer to award the decedent's entire estate to the 'heir' named on the cocktail-napkin 'will'?
Frankly, I don't care. If he says he is conservative, I accept that. If it makes folks here at FR feel better to deny Greer that, then fine. Conservative, after all, seems to be a rather subjective term. I think I am conservative, but I am nothing like the nutcases that have come out of the woodwork here these past few weeks, and I'm sure they would all consider themselves conservative.
Under such circumstances, would it be legal for Judge Greer to award the decedent's entire estate to the 'heir' named on the cocktail-napkin 'will'?
I wouldn't think so, but then I don't know if your hypothetical is really hypothetical, if that is the entire sum of the information available, and what the pertinent laws of the State of Florida are concerning such areas.