activist judge
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- noun
- /ˈæktɪvɪst dʒʌdʒ/
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juez activista
- The decision made by the activist judge sparked a nationwide debate about civil rights.
- activist judge will redefine
- activist judges overturned
- liberal activist judges
And what happened at the time, there was nothing unusual because those, those so-called activist judges, they work for the party.
- And what happened at the time, there was nothing unusual because those, those so-called activist judges, they work for the party.
Examples
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The activist judge ruled in favor of the petitioners, aiming to promote social justice.
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Which is now being rewritten by activist judges who believe that the Constitution is a "living" document.
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Of course he is not going to admit that he is an activist judge.
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But he also promised them he would go after "activist judges" who "attempt to legislate."
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We now have too many activist judges who will do the bidding of Barack Obama.
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By what right does this activist judge contravene legislative supremacy?
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Without true rule of law, any process reforms you wish to implement will be subverted or destroyed by activist judges.
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Our legal basis for our rights is not challengeable no matter how many activist judges, executives, or legislatures try to distort the wording.
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Orrin Hatch: Used his authority as Judiciary Committee chairman to end the ABA's formal role of advising the Senate and has vowed to go after "activist judges" who legislate.
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Many believe that an activist judge should consider personal beliefs when issuing rulings on social issues.
Antonyms
How Activist
- Literature
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'activist' (someone who campaigns for social or political change) with 'judge' (a public official presiding over legal trials) to refer to a judge who promotes or is influenced by activist aims. This straightforward modifier-noun composition is common across languages and follows predictable semantic combination, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely understand it.
Etymology
Activist judge comes from the simple picture of a judge acting like an activist — someone who works to change society — instead of staying neutral on the bench. So, it means a judge whose decisions are 'influenced by personal beliefs' or used 'to promote social change'.