integrate. now, well, those are nine people. those are nine people. there could have been 900 judges, and there were a lot of people in the south who didn t want to. so what i think happened is that was the era of martin luther king. that was the era of the freedom riders. that was the era when the north, the entire country woke up woke up to the injustice of segregation, and they wouldn t have gotten anywhere, the judges, if it had not been for all of the people who aren t judges to begin to decide to bring justice to the south. no more legal segregation. and i told that story to a woman who is the president of the supreme court of ghana and wants ghana and wanted ghana to become more democratic, to become more civil rights oriented. why?
court said no, all nine justices said you must integrate. now, well, those are nine people. those are nine people. there could have been 900 judges, and there were a lot of people in the south who didn t want to. so what i think happened is that was the era of martin luther king. that was the era of the freedom riders. that was the era where the north, the entire country woke up woke up to the injustice of segregation, and they wouldn t have gotten anywhere, the judges, if it had not been for all of the people who aren t judges to begin to decide to bring justice to the south. no more legal segregation. and i told that story to a woman who is the president of the supreme court of ghana and wants ghana and wanted ghana to become more democratic, to
oppose on principle, i have no problem with that. sabotage everything? i have a problem. hurt some folks. christopher, staten island, new york. i m confused, aren t judges supposed to be impartial in i m. there are judges who rule from ideology. democrats would be more comfortable with a left-leaning justice. he looks like an honest man to me. sandra, bill, you use the phrase fair-minded people. i believe they also think mayork garland thinks. dr. wolf, bill, your talking points on the meaning of a free press is brilliant.
curious, because many of the people that the same senators like would constitute the demonstrably results-oriented jurists. if you go back to bush v. gore, in that opinion they not only determined the outcome of that election, but the majority put in a line saying we re just going to do this, but you cannot use it as precedent to benefit anyone else. that would seem to me a pretty results-oriented opinion. the notion of the activist judge, will that survive these hearings? is it gaining traction or is it just now like a brand name like, you know, super bowl? i think that that has, thankfully, lost a lot of its traction. as you note, i m surprised that you don t hear that much anymore. and i think that the american people are beginning to understand that activism is very much in the eye of the beholder. that s not to say that there aren t judges and justices who
hammered on was this idea that you would be a results-oriented justice. and that was a little bit curious, because many of the people that the same senators like would constitute the demonstrably results-oriented jurists. if you go back to bush v. gore, in that opinion they not only determined the outcome of that election, but the majority put in a line saying we re just going to do this, but you cannot use it as precedent to benefit anyone else. that would seem to me a pretty results-oriented opinion. the notion of the activist judge, will that survive these hearings? is it gaining traction or is it just now like a brand name like, you know, super bowl? i think that that has, thankfully, lost a lot of its traction. as you note, i m surprised that you don t hear that much anymore. and i think that the american people are beginning to understand that activism is very much in the eye of the beholder. that s not to say that there aren t judges and justices who make political decisions