My Piece on Judicial Activism Has Been Published in The Catholic Virginian

The piece that I wrote on judicial activism and the juvenile death penalty (see this blog Monday, March 07, 2005 - "Roper v. Simmons: Judicial Activism and The Juvenile Death Penalty") appears, in edited-down form, in the March 14 edition of The Catholic Virginian, the diocesan newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond.

Thanks to Steve Neil, editor of The Catholic Virginian, for including this piece in the "Opinion" section of the paper.


RELATED: Scalia Slams Juvenile Death Penalty Ruling

WASHINGTON - Justice Antonin Scalia (news - web sites) criticized the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down the juvenile death penalty, calling it the latest example of politics on the court that has made judicial nominations an increasingly bitter process.

In a 35-minute speech Monday, Scalia said unelected judges have no place deciding issues such as abortion and the death penalty. The court's 5-4 ruling March 1 to outlaw the juvenile death penalty based on "evolving notions of decency" was simply a mask for the personal policy preferences of the five-member majority, he said.
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