[Huck]

Interpreting the law as written is not an ideology. It is what all judges swear to do when they go on the bench. Are those who do so now to be considered "activists" or even "extremists,"

Of course! This is nothing new. Look at Justice Scalia! What sort of press does he get?

[The Raven]

Great article!!!!

[William McKinley]

Examples of liberal judicial activism are easy to find. When Justice William Brennan decided the 1979 Weber case by "interpreting" the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to mean the direct opposite of what its words plainly said, that was substituting what Brennan wanted for what Congress had voted to enact into law.

Surely Cheney, acting as President, can interpret Senate Rules with equal aplomb. After all, the Standing Rules is a living document ;-)

[fporretto]

This is a fine example of why the Left absolutely hates Thomas Sowell. He never lets them get away with anything. There is no sharper mind practicing political punditry anywhere in America.

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Francis W. Porretto
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[Molly Pitcher]

I would like to have Mr. Sowell's brain....

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

While Senate Democrats are filibustering against the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the federal appeals court, liberals in the media are filibustering against conservative judges in general.

Thomas Sowell shines the light on the enablers of the Dem. obstructionists.

The Decline of American Journalism, NY Times, 1800s fight against NY City abortionists.

The press has become the greatest power within the western countries,
more powerful than the legislative, the executive, and the judiciary.
One would then ask: By what law has it been elected
and to whom is it responsible?  -  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Keep calling Senators, neighbors and friends. Let them know we know. We don't need AP. We have C-Span....and FR.