"In banana republics we call this judicial usurpation"

http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/05/05/supremely-partisan-supremely-partisan/sQ2XU844Ablra11BEv5Y9I/story.html

Supremely partisan

Election-changing judicial activism has no place in the nation’s highest court

By Neal Gabler

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  MAY 06, 2012

"But there is a world of difference between a political court and a partisan one, between a court that considers the nation’s political mood and one that actively works for the benefit of a particular party. The latter is a sacrilege..."