Rulings Limiting Gov't Power Could Signal Trend Not for commercial use NATIONAL ISSUE FREE-MARKET JUDICIAL ACTIVISM? Rulings Limiting Gov't Power Could Signal Trend Date: 6/16/99 Author: Aaron Steelman Conservatives have decried ''judicial activism'' for decades. The courts, they say, often overstep their bounds. Instead of interpreting the law, some judges make it up. House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, has urged Congress to impeach judges who ''exceed the legitimate limits of their power.'' For example, in 1997 DeLay wanted to oust a U.S. district court judge who ruled the California Civil Rights Initiative, an anti-affirmative action measure, was unconstitutional. DeLay ...