Jones tried to shield himself by writing in his opinion that this decision was not "judicial activism." But saying a duck isn't a duck, doesn't make a duck something other than it is. This was a case of judicial activism, and Jones is precisely the kind of "judge" who shouldn't be on the bench.
Jones was described in the York Daily Record as a protege of
Tom Ridge ("moderate" Republican who raised the gas tax and signed off on automatic pay raises for legislators as Governor in PA) who the President considers a friend and of course appointed him to the Homeland Security cabinet post.