I know, and I often wish we could retrieve the word liberal, as in “liberal democracy,” but like what happens to lots of words that get caught up in changing events, liberal will never mean what it originally meant, regarding Rule of Law, individualism, liberty and self-governance. It has been replaced by “conservatism.” But you are right, the leftist judges are radicals.
Sadly, I doubt most people under 30 knows what communism is, or the resultant genocide as a result of its practice.