" Freepers usually flip out when a judge substitutes their personal views over the letter of the law, and yet they're calling this judge names for refusing to be an activist."
Er...the decision this judge made WAS the activist one. Radical socialist thought argues for the extermination of all who would be a burden on society "for the common good". Contemporary bioethics professors espouse this belief.
I must admit that your liberal stance on nearly every issue (IIRC)in conjunction with your feelings that this judge was "refusing to be an activist" is highly suspect. But I won't stoop so low as to call you a DU troll. Not yet anyway.
How so? Activism by judges is generally defined as substituting the judge's own opinions over the law. As I understand it, this judge's opinion followed the law quite closely. People don't like the law, which is well and good, but they shouldn't be attacking the judge for following the law.