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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (485193)6/2/2009 2:55:23 PM
From: combjelly1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 1574761
 
"I'm getting the idea you don't even have the most rudimentary understanding of what the SC does or what is meant by "precedent"."

Per usual, you are getting the wrong idea. Not really sure how you do that so consistently.

"What is "Constitutional" often depends on whom you ask. It is the Court's responsibility to resolve these differences of opinion. "

Hang on a second. You've been arguing that SC judges should only use the law and the Constitution to render decisions. Now you seem to be saying that they actually interpret things.

"Take Brown v. Board of Education, which cited Plessy v. Ferguson as precedent. It was a 9-0 decision that overturned 60 years of precedent on constitutional grounds."

Correct. And that is often held up as an example of activist judges at work.

So, what I am getting from you is judicial activism isn't a bad thing.
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