• Pat Flood (@rebarcock) passed away 9/21/25. Pat played a huge role in encouraging the devolopmemt of this site and donated the very first dollar to get it started. Check the thread at the top of the board for the obituary and please feel free to pay your respects there. I am going to get all the content from that thread over to his family so they can see how many people really cared for Pat outside of what they ever knew. Pat loved to tell stories and always wanted everyone else to tell stories. I think a great way we can honor Pat is to tell a story in his thread (also pinned at the top of the board).

As a progressive liberal, I support the liberal tradition of a Supreme Court that embraces judicial restraint!

A plea for judicial restraint in the name of democracy probably won't change the outcome in Dobbs or prevent Roe from being overturned. But it may be important for those who don't want the court to act like a third legislative chamber.

Liberals have criticized the court for its hostility to Congress and to the administrative state. But they need a constitutional theory to counter originalism, rather than simply saying, "We're right, you're wrong." A more robust theory of judicial restraint could curb the court's excesses and reinforce the country's commitment to democracy.

 
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