Real Judicial Activism

Many have noted the hypocrisy demonstrated by Bush who claims to support democracy but has no problem with efforts to keep Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador off the Mexican Presidential ballot.

Fewer have noted that this is an extreme case of judicial activism. The way to keep Lopez Obrador from running was to remove his immunity from prosecution so that he could be indicted for a minor infraction. The infraction was, when acting as mayor of Mexico city, ordering the construction of a road to a hospital. This was an infraction, because Lopez Obrador ignored a judges injunction. Now think of how many politicians in Washington would love it if whenever they disobeyed a judge they could be kept from running for office.