Thomas | 65.63% |
Kennedy | 64.06% |
Scalia | 56.25% |
Rehnquist | 46.88% |
O'Connor | 46.77% |
Souter | 42.19% |
Stevens | 39.34% |
Ginsburg | 39.06% |
Breyer | 28.13% |
By this measure, the conservative justices are the most activist. While this might not be a good measure, it does question the conservative claims that liberal activists are ruling from the bench. From this It seems that conservative justices are far more likely to strike down laws passed by an elected (and during this time Republican) Congress. I guess that's why Congress is so upset about it. One thing that strikes me about the figures, I'm not sure why they didn't look at all decisions, not just these 64, surely there must of have many times when the Court voted to retain the law and had some dissenters who wanted to strike it down.
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