Judicial Activism Set the Stage for Trump Win
The people don't like jurists writing their own laws. What is referred to as "judicial activism" was the number one reason Trump voters gave for their presidential choice. Hillary was widely viewed as being in favor of using the courts to advance liberal causes, especially gun control, and there was widespread fear of what she could do to lean the court to the left.
The conservatives were particularly upset when the Court read into the Constitution a right to marry between people of the same sex. Other decisions were troubling, such as the support for Obamacare. For Trump voters, the Supreme Court was the bottom line regardless of how people felt about Trump.
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