This amendment is basically a defense of the Constitution against activist judges who in recent years have turned our courts into centers for left-wing social activism and playgrounds for political correctness.
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Related When judges pay more credence to another judge than they do the words of the First Amendment, they p... BEN HAND You want to know what judicial activism is? Judicial activism is judges imposing their policy prefer... TED CRUZ Naturally, there exist concerns about what activist courts might do to undermine these rights and th... JOHN SUNUNU a strong advocate for an independent judiciary, particularly in response to recent threats to impeac... NANCY PELOSI I became a conservative for the first dozen years of my professional life in Berkeley, Calif., and i... DAVID BROCK Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason w... TED OLSON I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involve... EVE ENSLER You've been hearing a lot lately about activist judges. There is no place for activist judges. A jud... BEN HAND In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stri... DENNIS CARDOZA Political correctness is a loaded gun that the individual holds to their own head. Where laws can’... JAMES SCOTT It has been brought on us by activist judges who have chosen to ignore the will of the people and in... TODD AKIN BDS is not a typical act of political correctness, undertaken by radical academics whose usual prey ... THOM TILLIS Amending the state constitution may be the only way to prevent activist judges from destructively re... BILL SCRANTON You know something is wrong when you are known for what you are against, instead of what you are for... JADE HAJJ I feel that the Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenry. This not for ... SHARRON ANGLE Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In ... JODI RELL It will totally take away the argument that it is just 'activist judges' who are finding for marriag... GEOFF KORS He basically turned the defense around. It was like night and day for us. GABE LAWSON I have known Gary and Martin for many years and we all share a strong belief in Gary 's potential. M... MARTIN BRUNDLE Basically what you're saying is Sumner and or Harvey County could be left out because of the politic... DEBRA TEUFEL For everything in this journey of life we are on, there is a right wing and a left wing: for the win... C. JOYBELL C. (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is... CHARLES HUGHES We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is... CHARLES EVANS HUGHES We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is... CHARLES EVANS HUGHES We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is... CHARLES EVANS HUGHES Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in ... HUGO BLACK Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In ... JODI RELL There is a term called political correctness, and I consider it to be a euphemism for political cowa... MILOS ZEMAN Usually you end up with neither because there's a political stalemate. This bill includes both the r... BRIAN ROSMAN Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness. ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO Syriza is what it is: a radical, left-wing party that feels the pulse of the times, knows what's... ALEXIS TSIPRAS One of the newest figures to emerge on the world stage in recent years is the social entrepreneur. T... THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Any government mandates, and certainly for any one of those options (suggested by Martin), in our vi... KYLE MCSLARROW This is a victory of the Palestinian people who voted against the occupation (by Israel in the West ... ISMAIL HANIYEH I'd rather the whole laugh my expense than have one person live their life within the social confine... TROY J. GAINEY This is judicial activism run amok, and coming on the same day as the confirmation hearing of Judge ... BOB NEY This decision is a manifestation of our commitment to the Constitution and social justice. LINDA HUNTER The builders really have turned on their inventory in recent years. DENIS BERRY The real discrimination here is by activist judges who are trying to deny children the advantages of... TODD AKIN kudos to the educators, athletes, dancers, judges, janitors, politicians, artists, actors, writers, ... MAYA ANGELOU This is yet another in a series of attacks on the religious traditions on which our nation was found... KEVIN MARTIN This is a devastating blow for Phil, who has really developed as a player in recent years and become... ROB ANDREW For 180 years, we voted in English. That is the true American tradition, and this amendment is true ... SPENCER BACHUS We have always declared that war in the name of religion is war against religion, and that we must s... ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW Those type of attacks affect more left-wing governments. When you have a left-wing government agenda... GIDEON DORON The 1970s-80s social movement called U.S. third world feminism functioned as a central locus of poss... CHELA SANDOVAL I put my energy, voice, and spirit into fighting for anybody who wants to speak their voice. I don... DONNA BRAZILE In recent months we have seen a whole different type of fund come in. Myself and a number of my coll... ANGUS MACMILLAN We now have the Senate of the largest state in the nation endorsing marriage equality. This undermin... GEOFFREY KORS I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down ... P. D. JAMES I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down ... P. D. JAMES Sarcasm all around the world is always against right wing and against people in power. That's th... BASSEM YOUSSEF He's truly a renaissance individual for our times, ... I've likened him to a Will Rogers voice in Co... FRANK CULLEN Our judges in Kane County have been proudly independent of political affiliations. JUDGE WILEY EDMONDSON Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted o... EMILY SALIERS 'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as mal... KARL ROVE I got a degree in sociology, didn't read much fiction in college, and I was a pretty political, ... ANDRE DUBUS III The women's centers, in particular, should help improve the well-being of Somali women along the coa... IVANA UNLUOVA In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the jud... ANDREW JACKSON The Left has taken over the universities and, increasingly, high schools and elementary schools. It ... DENNIS PRAGER Political correctness is the death of reason. CHRIS W. MORRIS (CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM MORRIS) We now have a situation where a type of reverse racism is applied to mainstream Australians by those... PAULINE HANSON The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attemp... ROBERT AGOSTINELLI Everything in life is difficult to enforce, but that's why we have judges in courts. GLENN RICHARDSON Against inebriation – and for drunkenness! Burn down the liquor stores, and replace them with play... CRIMETHINC. [Obey is unbowed.] I think if you asked God, he'd say the Ten Commandments were a road map for livin... DAVID OBEY First of all, it's great to have my first win in the N.H.L.; I've been waiting for this day for so l... HENRIK LUNDQVIST We're a little confused as to why this constitutional amendment is necessary because the courts have... ANDREW SCHNEIDER Our battle for retirement security included exhaustive efforts in the courts, on Capitol Hill and at... GREG DAVIDOWITCH We're suing them for what they should pay a coach of 25 years under a contract that turned down head... CHARLES FLYNN Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted ... ADAM SMITH One can only assume what is causing concern is his protesting and his activism, which is a significa... MARIKA DIAS This debate is not about a right to adopt, political correctness, gay rights, or parenting. It's a d... JACQUI SMITH Political correctness is simply a speed bump in the traffic of truth, free thought and speech. SOURCE UNKNOWN I told my class the other day I have no idea what judicial activism is, ... Maybe the best definitio... LEE EPSTEIN Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. PAUL WELLSTONE Awards and recognition are not the purpose of life and not the goal of an activist. The heart of an ... SHANNON L. ALDER Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our father... ABRAHAM LINCOLN This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involv... JEAN-PIERRE RAFFARIN Untie the hands of state and federal judges and prosecutors, ... Give them options other than turnin... WILLIAM SCHULZ The difference in the game was our careless turnovers that turned into easy points for them. Our tur... MIKE DUNLEAVY Political correctness is creed of pseudo-intellectuals. TROY J. GAINEY The point of Political Correctness is not and has never been merely about any of the items that it i... ANGELO CODEVILLA The notion of political correctness declares certain topics, certain expressions, even certain gestu... GEORGE BUSH Until politicos take a true stand in defense of marriage by proposing an anti-adultery amendment to ... JOHN RIDLEY We must defend our rights and preserve our constitution, ... For the federal courts to adopt the age... ROY MOORE One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts sh... JEFF GREENFIELD Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. 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