When Judicial Activism Suits the Right Fair Courts E-lert
Date of E-Lert – 06/30/09
Bibliographic Info:
Author: Ramesh Ponnuru Source: New York Times Date: 6/23/2009
Ramesh Ponnuru, of the National Review, writes an op-ed for the New York Times in which he questions the consistency of
conservative claims regarding originalism and judicial restraint. "When it comes to the race cases before the
Supreme Court, too many conservatives abandon both originalism and judicial restraint,"
he maintains. Ponnuru considers Justice
Thomas's dissent in NAMUDNO v. Holder
as well as arguments made by conservatives about Ricci v. DeStefano as examples of conservative jurisprudence
betraying some of its own principles.
