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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: LindyBill who wrote (90362)12/13/2004 8:58:47 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793744
 
Activist federal judges in the District of Columbia and Providence, R.I., have already thrown two chilling strikes at journalists for refusing to betray their sources.

I don't get how any of this is "activist." I know that Safire is good with words so I can't just blow his usage off but I don't get it.
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