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The difference is simple..
Judge rules for a conservative cause = Prudent interpreter of the law.
Judge rules for a liberal cause = Liberal, secular humanist, atheistic, ungodly, anti-american Judicial activist.
See the reaction to the recent decision on the Pledge of Allegiance by the 9th Circuit for proof of this. Whether you like it or not, the 3 judge panel was exercising legitimate judicial power in deciding the Constitutionality of a State mandated practice. That is what courts do. Now you might not agree with the decision, but it certainly wasn't activism or "legislating from the bench" as conservatives have hysterically and dishonestly labelled it.
Also note that Dubya is making a conscious effort to stack the Federal Judiciary with anti-abortion conservative ideologues. That is plainly judicial activism, yet its not called that because the activism - to republicans at least - is going their way.
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