Judicial activism and judicial restraint
Source: Institute for Justice
Author: Chip Mellor
08/05
Without realizing it, liberals and conservatives are working from opposite ends of the political spectrum, under opposing rationales, to reach the same end: expanded government power. As a result of the political push and pull between those advocating judicial activism and those favoring judicial restraint, two fundamental American rights -- the right to earn an honest living and the right to own private property -- have been stripped of vital constitutional protection, leaving entrepreneurs and small property owners especially vulnerable to backroom deals and majoritarian whims...
Link: http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/2005/14_3_05_f.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Author: Chip Mellor
08/05
Without realizing it, liberals and conservatives are working from opposite ends of the political spectrum, under opposing rationales, to reach the same end: expanded government power. As a result of the political push and pull between those advocating judicial activism and those favoring judicial restraint, two fundamental American rights -- the right to earn an honest living and the right to own private property -- have been stripped of vital constitutional protection, leaving entrepreneurs and small property owners especially vulnerable to backroom deals and majoritarian whims...
Link: http://www.ij.org/publications/liberty/2005/14_3_05_f.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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