Judicial Activism

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Judicial Activism and the Rule of Law

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/judicial_activism_and_the_rule_of_law.html

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Fighting Back Against Lawfare

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/01/26/fighting-back-against-lawfare/print/

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The Living Constitution vs. Original Public Meaning

http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-living-constitution-vs-original-public-meaning/?print=1

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JUDGES GONE WILD!

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=381777

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The Threat Of Liberal Judicial Activism Reaches New Heights

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_threat_of_liberal_judicial_activism_reaches_new_heights.html

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Spanking your kids can send you to jail.

http://www.kztv10.com/news/local-mother-sentenced-for-spanking/

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[The judge] concluded that there’s no real interest in determining whether the Obama Social Security Number is genuine or fraudulent, and the need for secrecy for the president trumps all else.”

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=339629

[The President’s “need for security” prevents investigations into his past?]

[Wow.  Who knew?]

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Judge blocks Fla.’s new welfare drug testing law

http://www.wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=2317978

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Judges for endangerment litigation identified: EPA to win?

http://junkscience.com/2011/11/03/judges-for-endangerment-litigation-identified-epa-to-win/

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Judge Who Freed Sandusky on Bail Reportedly Volunteered at His Charity

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/13/former-penn-state-assistant-coach-reportedly-continues-to-receive-monthly/

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Court Order Allows Protesters to Return to Zuccotti Park

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45303217

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Judge: Following Christian beliefs wrong

http://www.wnd.com/2012/01/judge-says-following-christian-beliefs-wrong/print/

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Judge: Christian Group Can’t Bar Same-Sex Ceremony on [its own] Property

http://www.christianpost.com/news/judge-christian-group-cant-bar-same-sex-ceremony-on-nj-property-67298/print.html

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… the fact that Judge Malihi took note of and relied upon on the established rule of statutory construction in his earlier order, but then made assertions contrary to that principle in his final decision, should not go unnoticed by those versed in constitutional law.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/obama_wins_georgia_ballot_challenge.html

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A federal appeals court in Atlanta maintained an earlier ruling that the rights of a former counselor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were not violated when she was fired for refusing to advise an employee in a same-sex relationship.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/court-affirms-cdcs-firing-of-counselor-over-same-sex-advice-68948/print.html

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Federal judge: For blacks, ‘voting rights’ include identifying Democrats on ballots

http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/26/federal-judge-for-blacks-voting-rights-include-identifying-democrats-on-ballots/

[What, black Americans are too stupid to know anything about electoral candidates prior to entering voting booths?]

[Really?]

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Zakharia rammed her from behind with a shopping cart.  The case was dismissed at the end of December when U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg ruled, astonishingly, that the assault was ‘an act of protected free speech.’

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/02/13/berkeley-jew-hate-on-trial/print/

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Ohio Justice Rejects Death Penalty Law He Wrote

http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2012/02/15/ohio-justice-rejects-death-penalty-law-he-wrote/

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If ‘tradition alone cannot form an adequate justification for a law’ is true, why bother with the Constitution at all?

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/02/court_finds_doma_unconstitutional.html

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Homosexuality:

[Homosexual] Dallas Judge Won’t Perform [Legal] Marriages

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Gay-Dallas-Judge-Wont-Perform-Marriages-140154903.html?dr

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Chicago Judge Deciding ‘Gay Marriage’ Lawsuit – Sophia Hall – Is Open Lesbian

http://americansfortruth.com/2012/07/20/chicago-judge-deciding-gay-marriage-lawsuits-sophia-hall-is-open-lesbian/

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A federal judge on Tuesday ordered state prison officials to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/04/massachusetts-judge-approves-taxpayer-funded-sex-change-for-inmate/

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Sperm donor forced to pay child support to lesbian couple despite giving up parental rights

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255241/Sperm-donor-ordered-pay-child-support-lesbian-couple-despite-giving-rights-child.html?printingPage=true

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Federal Appeals Court ‘Ignores Rule of Law,’ Defers to White House on Deportation Cases

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/federal-appeals-court-ignores-rule-law-defers-white-house-deportation-cases

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Climategates:

… while Mr. Cuccinelli would be free to investigate fraudulent acquisition of taxpayer money by individuals or private corporations under FATA, he is not free to investigate fraudulent acquisition of taxpayer money by government agencies, which includes state schools.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/what_the_cuccinelli_climategate_case_really_means.html

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A Virginia court has affirmed the University of Virginia’s right to withhold confidential scholarly communications [even though those communications almost certainly discuss fraudulent manipulation of data obtained at taxpayers’ expense].”

http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2012/09/17/court-rules-for-michael-mann-against-denialist-inquisition/

[Not surprisingly, given the obvious bias in the article, the article never mentioned either who the judge was or which politician appointed him/her.]

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Judicial bias?  What judicial bias?

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/wi_judge_who_blocked_voter_id_law_signed_walker_recall_petition.html

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…the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled it is now legal for police to search cell phones without a warrant.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/03/06/police-given-direct-line-to-cell-phone-searches/

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Wisconsin voter ID law stricken down by judge

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73918.html#ixzz1ozizC6qu

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Jury isn’t out on Angela Davis

Black radical is among honorees on D.C. court wall

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/11/jury-isnt-out-on-angela-davis/

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Last month, 18-year-old Alyssa Bustamante, protected from capital punishment by five U.S. Supreme Court justices undemocratically imposing their unrepresentative moral values, was sentenced to mislabeled ‘life in prison’ for the October 2009 murder of             9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/for_whom_their_hearts_bleed_the_odd_sympathies_of_liberal_justices.html

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A federal judge has ordered a Missouri school district to unblock its web filters and give students access to sexually explicit material by the middle of March.

http://www.greeleygazette.com/press/?p=13708

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Illegal Immigration:

A federal judge has blocked Prince William County’s pursuit of information on the more than 4,000 criminal illegal immigrants the county has turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement since implementing its controversial crackdown in 2007.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/14/prince-williams-request-for-data-on-illegals-halte/

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A federal appeals court has ruled it is unconstitutional for Alabama to check the immigration status of schoolchildren when they enroll, or to require illegal immigrants to carry identification.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/08/us-court-bans-ala-from-checking-kids-immigration-status/1#.UDLrL6Mk00w

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A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge has ruled that… voters without a valid picture ID card will still be able to cast their vote and have it counted this November.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/10/02/judge-rules-photo-id-wont-be-required-for-penna-voters-this-year/

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Georgia Supremes accused of being ‘sham’

http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/georgia-supremes-accused-of-being-sham/print/

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An investigation reveals 29 sitting circuit court judges in Wisconsin sign a union-driven recall drive targeting Republican Governor Scott Walker.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/signing_anti-walker_petition_affirms_journalists_bias.html

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… the lower court ruled that the school’s ‘diversity’ interests outweighed Dixon’s First Amendment rights.

http://www.wnd.com/2012/04/university-anti-christian-bigotry-targeted-in-court/print/

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Judge Declares State Worker Drug Testing Order Unconstitutional

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Judge-Declares-State-Worker-Drug-Testing-Order-Unconstitutional-149070815.html

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Colorado Day of Prayer is unconstitutional, state appeals court rules

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_20596096/colorado-day-prayer-is-unconstitutional-state-appeals-court

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Abortion:

Oklahoma Judge: Law Limiting Unsafe Abortion Drug Unconstitutional

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/14/oklahoma-judge-law-limiting-unsafe-abortion-drug-unconstitutional/

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Mississippi abortion law temporarily blocked by US judge

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/01/mississippi-abortion-law-temporarily-blocked-by-us-judge/?test=latestnews

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[9th Circuit] Appeals Court Stops Arizona Fetal-Pain Based Abortion Ban

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/01/appeals-court-stops-arizona-fetal-pain-based-abortion-ban/

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A federal appeals court has determined a federal judge was right to throw out a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s decision to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research.

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/24/court-obama-can-force-taxpayer-funded-embryonic-stem-cell-research/

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Appeals Court Says Indiana Can’t De-Fund Planned Parenthood

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/10/23/appeals-court-says-indiana-cant-de-fund-planned-parenthood/

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Ruling: NY boy can play on girls field hockey team

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ruling-ny-boy-can-play-girls-field-hockey-team

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The dispute… has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, with a judge ruling that owners of cows have no right to the milk their herds produce…

http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/udder-nonsense-raw-milk-confiscations-begin/print/

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Tran said she works a full-time job, a part-time job and takes advanced placement and dual credit college level courses. She said she is often too exhausted to wake up in time for school.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Honor-Student-Jailed-for-Absences-153847275.html

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The three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled that the provision defining marriage as between a man and woman is unconstitutional…

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/31/federal-court-rules-centerpiece-gay-marriage-law-unconstitutional/

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A Philadelphia judge said Wednesday he was convinced that a disabled, retired Marine was being attacked in the moments before he fatally stabbed a man last October, but he concluded that the stabbing was still a criminal act rather than self-defense.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120531_Despite__lsquo_Castle_Doctrine__rsquo__defendant_is_convicted_in_slaying.html

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Court: Christians can be ordered to violate beliefs

Refuse to photograph lesbians, get fined $7,000

http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/refuse-to-photograph-lesbians-get-fined-7000/print/

[ASND wonders why  this ,  though, was both allowed and condoned.]

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A judge in New York has taken advocacy for normalization of same-sex ‘marriage’ to the next level, ruling this week that a major component of the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it doesn’t provide the same financial benefits for homosexuals and lesbians.

http://www.charismanews.com/world/33563-denmark-forces-lutheran-church-to-allow-same-sex-s

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Richmond Circuit Court judges appointed an openly gay prosecutor to the bench Thursday, just a month after the General Assembly soundly rejected his nomination.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/richmond-circuit-court-appoints-openly-gay-judge/2012/06/14/gJQAhfHwcV_print.html

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Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis issued a 41-page order Monday denying Brian Johnson’s request… to allow him [the same rights which the parade celebrants have].

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/158501815.html

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Who is Henson? Certainly no paragon of judicial impartiality.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/08/liberal_appeals_court_judge_removed_from_hearing_tom_delays_case.html

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Election Fraud:

The judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have ruled that election fraud suspected in the 2008 presidential campaign essentially was canceled by the inauguration of Barack Obama.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=380197

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The Supreme Court… reject[ed a Texas] judge-drawn election maps favoring minority candidates and Democrats…”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/us-usa-politics-texas-idUSTRE80J16A20120120

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Federal court rejects Texas voter ID law

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEXAS_VOTER_ID_?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-30-12-11-45

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The Radical Judges Who Struck Down Texas’ Voter ID Law

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/matthew-vadum/the-radical-judges-who-struck-down-texas-voter-id-law/print/

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An Ohio election law that eliminated an unfair advantage enjoyed by the Obama campaign has been struck down by an unelected federal judge under the guise of fairness.

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/matthew-vadum/obama-election-manipulation-in-swing-state-ohio/print/

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A Dane County [Wisconsin] judge issued a ruling Friday overturning almost all of the law that has been a hallmark of Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s tenure and helped turn him into a national conservative hero…  The judge who overturned the law, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas, was appointed to the bench by Walker’s predecessor, former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Judge-strikes-down-Wis-law-limiting-union-rights-3866490.php&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-09-14-17-51-08

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The judge responsible for the light sentence, Thomas McGuire, was nominated by left-wing Democrat Gov. Deval Patrick.

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/09/27/pro-abortion-judge-opens-door-for-rapist-fathers-visitation-rights/

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A federal appeals court has upheld the University of Toledo’s decision to fire a high-level human-resources administrator who wrote a newspaper opinion column challenging the idea that [homosexuals] deserve the same civil-rights protections as members of racial minority groups.

http://chronicle.com/article/Court-Upholds-Firing-of/136343

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Judge Dismisses Colorado Christian University’s HHS Mandate Lawsuit

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/01/09/judge-dismisses-colorado-christian-universitys-hhs-mandate-lawsuit/

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