Judges interpret, they are not supposed to create new law. “Activist” judge=creating her own law to serve her own political agenda.
(Reuters) – The White House on Friday admitted defeat on its choice of New York lawyer Caitlin Halligan for a judgeship on a powerful appeals court, withdrawing her nomination two weeks after Senate Republicans blocked her for the second time.
President Barack Obama expressed anger that Republicans would not permit a Senate vote even as Halligan appeared to have the support of a majority of senators.
“I am deeply disappointed that even after nearly two and a half years, a minority of senators continued to block a simple up-or-down vote on her nomination,” he said in a statement.
Halligan was nominated for the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, widely considered the second most influential U.S. court after the Supreme Court.
The court hears many regulatory cases important to businesses, and the judges on it are often considered for elevation to the high court.
Obama hasn't expressed as much anger as I have over his socialist appointees' & his obvious agenda. It would take years to undo all his radical, far left appointments.