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To: Ilaine who wrote (124079)	7/11/2005 6:24:01 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 793957

But a marked pattern of invalidating Congressional laws certainly seems like one reasonable definition of judicial activism. It can reasonably be argued that refusing to strike down a law that is unconstitutional is not activist (even if it it otherwise negative it is passive not active), but neither is striking down a law that is unconstitutional. "A marked patter of invalidating congressional laws" might be one measure of activism, but I don't think it can reasonably be considered the primary one. Tim

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