Sentences with phrase «progressive sides of the bench»

Part of the problem for participatory fathers, though, is that their role in the family is essentially a revocable parole, in that courts that have not adapted to the new realities: judges can — and all too frequently do — turn them into Mr. Every - Other - Weekend, no matter how extensive their former role in the family, results which seem to be coming from both the traditionalist and modern progressive sides of the bench.