Conservatives like to divide judges into liberal “activists” and conservative nonactivists who interpret the law rather than making it. Anyone who follows the courts knows that conservative judges are as activist as liberal judges -just for different causes. A new study of Supreme Court voting patterns confirms this and suggests that the conservative Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas are actually more activist than their liberal colleagues.

(the editorial can be found by going here and clicking the NYT editorial link.)

Is anyone surprised by this? Which ideology is it that is out to change the world to fit it’s narrow vision of it? Conservative or Liberal?