April 5 - Rant Of The Day

Only in recent years have I noticed a new term that really gets under my skin - "activist judges", a term I only seem to hear during right-leaning broadcasts. Simply put, there is no such thing as an activist judge. It's just a made up term that gets used whenever a judge disagrees with the status quo. What people who use this term never acknowledge is that the judicial branch of government has the specific and intended responsibility to act as a check and balance for the executive and legislative branches, even when its opinion is not in lock step with the majority. Their job is to interpret the letter of the law, not to bob their heads in agreement like robe-wearing lemmings.

Dear Mr.'s O'Reilly, Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity. Please stop using the term activist judge every time a ruling comes down that you disagree with. It makes you sound childish and diminishes the weight of your arguments. (Dear Ann Coulter, please continue to use this term as well as any other terms that pop into that brain of yours. Please do not think about the words that are about to come out of your mouth before you speak them. Please do not deprive us of the entertainment we derive from the three-ring circus that is your mouth, you freak.)

P.S. - Bravo Iowa, for the heroic decision of your activist judges.