Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Happy With Democrat Congress

From Associated Press (via FOXNews):

WASHINGTON — Are relations between lawmakers and judges better with Democrats in control of Congress? Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems to think so, according to a talk on judicial independence she gave at a recent judges' conference.

"Particularly since the 2006 election, I am pleased to relate, rapport between Congress and the federal courts has markedly improved," Ginsburg said at a meeting of American and Canadian judges in Vancouver.

No bills limiting judges' independence have been introduced in the current Congress and "one sees far fewer broadsides against 'activist judges' reported in the press," Ginsburg said.

Democrats, it should be noted, won majorities in both the House and Senate in November 2006. Ginsburg was appointed by President Clinton, a Democrat.

She recounted with distaste comments about judges made in 2005 by two Texas Republicans, then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Sen. John Cornyn.

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My Comments:
No bills limiting judges' independence have been introduced in the current Congress and "one sees far fewer broadsides against 'activist judges' reported in the press," Ginsburg said.

If you're an activist judge, I suppose that would make you happy.


Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
On Supreme Court Justices and "Activist" Jurisprudence

V for Victory! on the Ginsburg Dissent

Ruthless Feminism: The Ginsburg Dissent

Reaction to Court’s Abortion Ruling Falls Along Predictable Party Lines

The Dissenters' Reasoning & Its Logical Conclusion

Justice Ginsburg Boycotts "Outrageously" Pro-Life Red Mass