On the recordMay 7, 2009
These calls for restraint and modesty, and complaints about 'activist' judges, are often codewords, seeking a particular kind of judge who will deliver a particular set of political outcomes.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “These calls for restraint and modesty, and complaints about 'activist' judges, are often codewords, seeking a particular…”
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Whitehouse critiques the use of terms like 'judicial modesty' as politically motivated.
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