It strikes me that Nathan, in his complete hostility to what he
>calls "judicial activism" . . . is implicitly adopting a position on
>behalf of
>legislative supremacy, a system of complete parliamentary rule.
>
>As I read Justin, by contrast, as much more concerned with the professional
>rigor of how the court decides on the cases that come before it. . . .
>Justin's position is much more concerned with separating law from
>politics, with instituting and maintaining a rule of law. . . . This is
>not all that
>different, I believe, from the regulative ideal of other professions, such
>as
>journalists, scientific researchers, and educators. Where I differ with
>Justin is that I do not think that it is as easy to approach this
>regulative
>ideal as his posts seem, at times, to suggest.
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