[TheRealThing]

^^ No judge is perfect, but most conservative judges adhere to the law. They call such judges constructionists, and they are by conscience sworn to uphold the law in their deliberations and rulings. Other judges are called activists and they believe they have the right to alter the traditional applications of the law in favor of passing social fads and nuance. Which make them the darlings of the left, who think just like they do.

Most, not all certainly, of George W's appointees are non-news making constructionists of varying notoriety, and because they go about their duties in quiet sanity, we therefore do not hear much from them. Now, you take those goofs out in Washington, one of them a W appointee, (you never know) and you have the epitome of the kinds of things activist judges often do. They know full well their ruling runs afoul of law. They've done this thing because they are more politicians than judges, and they know they are untouchable under our system. No, the Obama led transformation is far from dead thank you very much, and those who serve as judges or yet work in the various agencies, are still about their master's bidding. So though W had his appointees to be sure, Obama's appointees are far more activist. Therefore most folks are hopeful that Trump's picks will be able to restore an appreciable measure of balance to the courts.

But you say that though this nation's state of affairs under Bush only required the US to borrow 17 thousand dollars a minute, while the spending under Obama hit financial light speed at 1 million a minute, it's still Trump we have to worry about? nicker: