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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 2013760" data-attributes="member: 45230">Judicial activism refers to court decisions thatarguably go beyond applying and interpreting thelaw and extend into the realm of changing orcreating laws, or going against legal precedents.Arguably these decisions are made based on thejudges&#039; personal philosophies or politicalaffiliations. When a judge makes a court rulingthat is not in accordance with constitutional orstatutory law or legal precedent, that judge maybe said to be &quot;legislating from the bench.&quot;When a judge is thought to hold back from being a&quot;judicial activist,&quot; he or she may be said to haveexercised judicial restraint.<a href="http://www.restoring-america.com/Documents/What%20is%20Judicial%20Activism.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.restoring-america.com/Documents/What is Judicial Activism.pdf</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 2013760, member: 45230"] Judicial activism refers to court decisions that arguably go beyond applying and interpreting the law and extend into the realm of changing or creating laws, or going against legal precedents. Arguably these decisions are made based on the judges' personal philosophies or political affiliations. When a judge makes a court ruling that is not in accordance with constitutional or statutory law or legal precedent, that judge may be said to be "legislating from the bench." When a judge is thought to hold back from being a "judicial activist," he or she may be said to have exercised judicial restraint. [URL]http://www.restoring-america.com/Documents/What%20is%20Judicial%20Activism.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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