Readers of a certain age will no doubt fondly remember Mad Magazine of the fifties and early sixties -- with its "Scenes We'd Like to See." There, the writers and illustrators would spoof the taboos of society, fantasizing about what would happen if people "really said and did" what they meant. Today, we no longer have to worry about repressed opinions -- in magazines, on television or anywhere else in the information society. However, at the Supreme Court and particularly amongst its media courtiers, there still exists a taboo that dare not speak its name. It's called "Activist Conservatism." The...