Frost Doesn't Understand Judicial Activism

Frost Doesn't Understand Judicial Activism

Let me spell it out for you, Martin:

Judicial Activism is when the judges WRITE NEW LAWS. Not when they decide upon the consitutionality of laws already passed, as in this case.

HoustonChronicle.com - Judges approve Republicans' congressional map for Texas

A three-judge federal court today upheld a Republican congressional redistricting plan against claims that it harms minority voting rights, but the court sharply criticized the process of adopting the map as a threat to the system of fair elections.

"We decide only the legality of (the plan), not its wisdom," the court's opinion reads. "Whether the Texas Legislature has acted in the best interest of Texas is a judgment that belongs to the people who elected those officials whose act is challenged in this case." . . . .

"By judicial fiat, a three-judge federal panel has effectively repealed the Voting Rights Act and turned back the clock on nearly 40 years of progress for minority voters," said U.S. Rep. Martin Frost, D-Dallas.