Judicial Activism Is The Problem In The Embryonic Stem Cell Injunction
I have long told my more progressive brethren who have been happy about overarching judicial decisions they happened to like that activism is a double-edged sword. Certainly it's reasonable to 'cross that bridge' when society gets to it, but until then the repercussions are substantial. In the instance of an injunction on embryonic stem cell research being upheld, it's not evil Republicans sticking it to stem cell research, though I have long contended they never did by simply restricting the human embryonic stem cell kind anyway - that law was signed by Clinton. Instead, it is a court and we have 50 solid years of aggressive judicial good works that has gone well beyond interpreting the Constitution, making it the most powerful branch of government. read more
