The Lochner era reflected conservative judicial activism, which has a long history at the Court.
The case, too, reflects the aggressive conservative judicial activism of the Roberts Court.
Lawyers also gripe that the absence of a judicial philosophy (conservative or liberal) makes it nearly impossible for them to advise clients.
He has long been mentioned as a potential high court nominee, and compared to Justice Antonin Scalia, who shares his conservative judicial philosophy and Italian-American and Catholic roots.
He was pointing to the difference between conservative judicial activism and liberal judicial activism: one protects the interests of the powerful and the other those of the powerless.
But if the Democrats are hammered in November, it will not be because of the judicial activism of a conservative Supreme Court.
Thursday's hearing is part of a suit filed by the conservative legal group Judicial Watch.
Lamberth is hearing a case brought by the conservative legal group Judicial Watch.
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Translated into different language, this was an argument between judicial activism and a more conservative view of a judge's role.
The legal document was filed on behalf of deputy White House counsel Bruce Lindsey in response to a pending lawsuit by the conservative legal group Judicial Watch, which released it.
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The e-mail -- first obtained by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act -- stated that Pentagon official Douglas Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy, approved the arrangement to award a non-competitive contract to Halliburton.
The White House is beginning a new effort to win conservatives back with a focus on moving stalled judicial nominations and scheduling votes on conservative social issues.
The Conservative party still wants a full judicial inquiry into the handling of the intelligence which led Britain to its decision to go to war.
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And by virtue of that, he is much closer to the model of judicial restraint than justices of the liberal or conservative perspective that want to see the court implement a particular political philosophy.
And I don't like judicial activism, whether it's liberal activism or conservative activism.
They expressed questions about her temperament, her judicial craftsmanship, and most of all, her ability to provide an intellectual counterweight to the conservative justices, as well as a clear liberal alternative.
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And I'd just remind conservative commentators that for years what we've heard is, the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint.
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