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...license agreement does not contain a provision ensuring that developing-world HIV patients will have access to the drug, according to Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, an activist group with chapters at 32 campuses, including Harvard...
...people she will represent (she won her race). “Marilyn Musgrave understands the importance of defending traditional values,” Bush was quoted as saying in The New York Times. “She has worked to prevent the institution of marriage from being redefined by activist judges. She understands your values...
...Bush made clear in his speech, “traditional” is just a Republican code word for white, Christian, and conservative. The Republicans want to stop “activist judges” from allowing gay people to get married; that’s a political objective, and a misguided one, but not a value. Values are beliefs about how we should live our own lives, not paranoia about how we think others should live theirs...
...think the U.S. has a problem with activist judges, take a look at India - this country's judiciary is among the most opinionated and interventionist in the world. The Indian Supreme Court regularly wades into national debates; nudges lawmakers by making its opinions and, therefore, its possible future rulings, known; and criticizes government policies. The judges' contribution certainly adds a wonderful air of rowdiness to the public discourse of the world's biggest democracy, but it can sometimes seem that the Supreme Court, as much as the government, runs the country...
...judges aren't inclined to relinquish their role. In a speech last week, Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal made no apologies for the activist approach, arguing that the Supreme Court should not only interpret legislation but should also make sure that other branches of government implement laws to ensure justice to the poor...