Originally Posted by Throwby  One major difference between the candidates is we know that Obama and Hillary will appoint judicial activists to the courts. This is an often overlooked but singularly important responsibility of the POTUS. Choosing not to vote is your privilege but it's pretty much like voting third party; it makes a statement only to oneself. |
While I agree the appointment power of the President is enormously important, I have to ask: what is a judicial activist? If you were President, how would you know one when when you saw one? Are judicial activists (however you want to define it) limited to one party or another?