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92 Calif. L. Rev. 1441 (2004)
The Origin and Current Meanings of Judicial Activism

handle is hein.journals/calr92 and id is 1453 raw text is: The Origin and Current Meanings of Judicial Activism Keenan D. Kmiect TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction............................................................................................ 1442 I. Early History of the Term Judicial Activism............................... 1444 A. In Search of the Earliest Use..................................................... 1444 B. First Recorded Use: Arthur Schlesinger in Fortune Magazine ..................................................................... 1445 C. Early Usage of Judicial Activism.......................................... 1450 D. Early Scholarly Examination of Judicial Activism................... 1452 E. First Judicial Use of Judicial Activism: Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr.................................................. 1455 F. Other Noteworthy Discussions of Judicial Activism in Judicial Opinions ...................................................................... 1459 II. Definitions of Judicial Activism...................................................... 1463 A. Striking Down Arguably Constitutional Actions of Other Branches ......................................................................... 1463 B. Ignoring Precedent.................................................................... 1466 1. Vertical versus Horizontal Precedent.................................... 1466 2. Constitutional versus Statutory versus Common Law Precedents .................................................................. 1469 C. Judicial Legislation................................................................... 1471 D. Departures from Accepted Interpretive Methodology.............. 1473 E. Result-Oriented Judging ........................................................... 1475 Conclusion ............................................................................................. 1476 Copyright © 2004 California Law Review, Inc. California Law Review, Inc. (CLR) is a California nonprofit corporation. CLR and the authors are solely responsible for the content of their publications. t J.D., School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), May 2004; law clerk for the Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr. I wish to thank my family (especially my father) for its love and support; my Boalt professors (especially Vik Amar, Jesse Choper, Harry Scheiber, Robert Merges, and Donna Petrine) for giving an eager mind much to ponder; and my friends and colleagues at the California Law Review (especially my fellow Articles Editors) for their dedieation, enthusiasm, and kindness. 1441

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