Sentences with phrase «judicial activist»

The decision of include again the gray wolf on the endangered list it is another example of judicial activists trying to impose the opinions of a minority overt everybody else.

Turner will face off against conservative judicial activist Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos.

But that was hardly the extent of her criticism, she also called Sotomayor a «liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written.»

She could face one of three Republicans vying for the GOP nomination: Town of Rye supervisor Joe Carvin, Manhattan attorney and judicial activist Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos.

Here was (libertarian judicial activist) Randy Barnett's reaction: Well, now we can get the income tax declared overturned if we can get five votes.

But this time around, he does not have the support of the state's Conservative Party, which has thrown its weight behind judicial activist and Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long.

Network judicial activists and legal reform groups around the country to promote citizen involvement, concerted action, and protection for judicial «whistleblowers».

Gillibrand, who at one point claimed she was going to be outspent by Long, has handily outraised the Manhattan lawyer and judicial activist during the campaign.

Despite his stature as a minor hero in the party after his upset special - election victory to replace Anthony Weiner, Turner was out - raised in the first quarter by one of his rivals for the Republican nomination, Wendy Long, a former judicial activist and first - time candidate, who reported $ 141,750 over the same period.

So I guess those who condemn judicial activists are really condemning Scalia and Thomas, huh?

Even if one were to indulge the (highly dubious) assumption that the Court got it wrong in these cases, it's simply ludicrous to compare such cases to liberal judicial activist rulings that invent constitutional rights and that thereby deprive the American people of the ability to legislate on those matters.

The little - known Long entered the race in February, but quickly worked to establish her street credentials as a conservative judicial activist.

The problem is not, or not simply, that Justices such as Stevens and Souter have embraced a «judicial activist» philosophy of judging.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand told reporters this morning at a Troy bookstore that her views and outlook on improving the nation's economy are «very different» than those of her Republican opponent, judicial activist and attorney Wendy Long.

Long, a Manhattan lawyer and judicial activist, also serves on the Romeny campaign as a legal adviser, and has stopped short of calling on the expected GOP presidential nominee from doing the same.

Wendy Long, a judicial activist from Manhattan, has $ 68,000 on hand and reported $ 141,750 over the same period.

Long, a judicial activist, has scored a broad swath of the conservative pundits and bold - faced names in the race, but the backing of Giuliani was an important get for Turner.

Long, a judicial activist from Manhattan, early on cultivated support from upstate Republican county chairman, including Onondaga GOP leader Tom Dadey.

Turner, one of three Republicans running in a June 26 primary for the chance to take on Gillibrand, does not have the backing of the state Conservatives, who are supporting Long, a judicial activist and attorney from Manhattan.

The Republican, a judicial activist and lawyer, is popular in conservative advocacy and media circles but has struggled to gain traction so far in polls and in fundraising.

But the judicial activist and Manhattan lawyer has excited the conservative pundits.

Long, a judicial activist from Manhattan, has struggled to raise money and put up competitive poll numbers compared to Gillibrand.

Instead, the judicial activist and Manhattan lawyer trained her fire on her Democratic opponent, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, once again accusing her of exerting pressure on Cuomo over the issue.

Long is the first candidate (as far as I can tell) who is responding to the proposal and it's interesting she's using her background as a lawyer and judicial activist to knock judges who side against the proposal.

Long has worked to rack up a series of high - profile endorsements throughout the Senate primary, which will certainly help in the lead up to Tuesday and raise the judicial activist's name recognition, at least among the hardcore.

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch told President Obama Monday not to nominate a «judicial activist» to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter.»

(CNN)- Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told President Obama Monday not to nominate a «judicial activist» to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, according to a statement from Hatch's office.

Republicans charged that Obama's stated desire to pick someone with «empathy and understanding» masked an intention to pick a judicial activist who would try to pull the high court significantly to the left.

But Long, a lawyer and judicial activist, scoffed at the idea that Gillibrand considers herself an underdog after sending out a fundraising appeal with the subject line «outspent.»

Long's proposition is that her work as a judicial activist organizing the opposition to non-conservative Supreme Court nominees will give her a particular advantage in attracting independent expenditures.

Wendy Long, a Manhattan attorney and judicial activist, declared her candidacy late last month in New York City.

Wendy Long, a judicial activist and attorney from Manhattan, as the Conservative Party's support, which is considered essential for a statewide Republican candidate.

It's not that Gillibrand doesn't have the money: During the last reporting period she had about $ 10.5 million on hand, a massive advantage over Long, a judicial activist and lawyer.

«His policies have often leaned to the left philosophically, and at times I felt he was a judicial activist who would rather have been a legislator than a judge,» said State Sen. John Bonacic, a Republican who has chaired the chamber's judiciary committee since 2011.

Long, a judicial activist and onetime Supreme Court clerk, was the only person to present herself as a prospective candidate in recent months.

The endorsement touts Long's recent work as a judicial activist promoting conservative appointments to the federal court, but says her «pro-life activism began on Capitol Hill,» where she served as press secretary to two pro-life senators, and says Long was subsequently inspired to pursue a law degree «to better defend pro-life principles,» and mentions she studied under professors like the late Victor Rosenblum and Mary Ann Glendon, two pro-life legal scholars.

We suspect DiFiore will be less of a judicial activist than retiring Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, who was essentially placed on the bench by his childhood friend, the now - convicted Sheldon Silver.

One man's judicial activist is some one else's eminent jurist.

Sticking labels like «judicial activist» on him because you do not like his decision does not take the place of a careful and thoughtful analysis of his 40 page decision.