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INTERVIEW: THOMAS KECK
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Thomas Keck on judicial activism and the conservative Supreme Court
Although President Bush has praised conservative judges for their "judicial restraint" and promised to nominate more justices like Antonin Scalia, constitutional scholar Thomas Keck argues that this is the most activist Supreme Court in history.
By JOSHUA TANZER
Offoffoff.com
Thomas Keck, an assistant professor at Syracuse University, has written a book calling the current conservative justices part of the "Most Activist Supreme Court in History." That would be a surprise to conservatives who think of themselves as practicing "judicial restraint" and adhering strictly to the precise text of the Constitution. Yet, Keck argues that today's court holds a complex mix of philosophies and personalities in which conservatives are quite likely to wade unrestrainedly into political disputes and inject their own preferences into the law — even as they accuse liberals of doing the same thing.
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