From today’s Mobile Register:
Sunday, May 30, 2024
By STEVEN L. TAYLOR
Special to the Register
One of the philosophical mainstays of conservatism is that the job of the courts is to read and apply the law as written by legislatures. This principle is called “judicial restraint.”
Conservatives often gripe that liberal judges tend to go beyond the law as written and insert their own views into their rulings. This idea is often referred to as “judicial activism” or “legislating from the bench.”
The whole thing is here.
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