Can Activist Judges Be Controlled?

[Bigun]

Can Activist Judges Be Controlled?

By Mark Pulliam| March 20, 2017

The disquieting spectacle of three unelected judges (all appointed by President Barack Obama) enjoining the signature initiative of the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump, without even citing the statute—8 U.S.C. section 1182(f)—that expressly authorizes the action they just stopped, has focused public attention as never before on the threat posed by liberal judicial activism to our system of self-government.

Commentators, some of whom who were not and still are not fans of President Trump, have compared these outrageous rulings to a judicial coup d’etat. The courts’ “reasoning” is highly questionable, but the greater concern is that judges simply have no policymaking role in the fields of immigration law and national security. What can be done to rectify this disgraceful judicial usurpation?

Much more at link below:

https://amgreatness.com/2017/03/20/can-activist-judges-controlled/

[Bigun]

This article was written by a friend of mine back in March of this year but is still very relevant today. The author definitely knows what he is talking about.

[Fishrrman]

The question:
"Can Activist Judges Be Controlled?"

The answers:
No.
But they can be impeached.
Or even more effectively, they can be ignored.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The question:
"Can Activist Judges Be Controlled?"

The answers:
No.
But they can be impeached.
Or even more effectively, they can be ignored.

I choose ignore.

Judges are not omnipotent.  The can certainly be ignored as their word is not final.