Judicial Passivists

Supreme Imbalance: Why Judicial Passivism is Wrong

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 11.01.2007 | Home

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Geoffrey R. Stone

By evading their duty to enforce the Constitution in a meaningful manner, judicial passivists betray a central feature of our constitutional system.

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Supreme Imbalance: Conservative Activism on the Supreme Court

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 10.31.2007 | Home

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Geoffrey R. Stone

Apparently, the Equal Protection Clause, is to be used for only two purposes -- to invalidate affirmative action and to invalidate the recount process in the 2000 presidential election.

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Supreme Imbalance: Of Liberals and Conservatives

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 10.31.2007 | Home

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Geoffrey R. Stone

In my view, "Conservative activism" is the least principled and least justified approach of judicial conservatives. Unfortunately, it is also the prevalent form on the Supreme Court today.

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