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[[File:Cut Cloth.png|left|256px|Judge G. Grant Brantley (top left), Attorney Charles Ford (bottom left), Justice Leah Ward Sears (top right), Judge Rob Leonard II (bottom right)]] | [[File:Cut Cloth.png|left|256px|Judge G. Grant Brantley (top left), Attorney Charles Ford (bottom left), Justice Leah Ward Sears (top right), Judge Rob Leonard II (bottom right)]] | ||
=Brantley Embraces Judicial Activism for Retirement Plan= | =Brantley Embraces Judicial Activism for Retirement Plan= | ||
Cobb County Senior Judge, Grant Brantley, challenged Justice Leah Ward Sears in 2004 for her seat on the Georgia Supreme Court bench in what was thought by some to be “the most expensive and high-profile court race in state history.”<ref>note</ref> Brantley's mantra at the time was that “[he] will interpret the law” and “[he] will not legislate [from the bench].”<ref>note</ref> In an article written by Mark Lastinger, Brantley insisted that his opponent (Sears) was a “judicial activist” and that he and Sears were “different as night and day.”<ref>note</ref> But now, in recent years, both Sears and Brantley show that they were cut from the same cloth—Brantley turning toward judicial activism for his money-making retirement plan.<ref>note</ref> | Cobb County Senior Judge, Grant Brantley, challenged Justice Leah Ward Sears in 2004 for her seat on the Georgia Supreme Court bench in what was thought by some to be “the most expensive and high-profile court race in state history.”<ref>note</ref> Brantley's mantra at the time was that “[he] will interpret the law” and “[he] will not legislate [from the bench].”<ref>note</ref> In an article published with [https://www.timesenterprise.com/news/local_news/brantley-taking-on-039-activist-judge-039/article_4e836170-338a-5be3-ae67-d3faed34c66c.html ''Thomasville Times-Enterprise], written by Mark Lastinger, Brantley insisted that his opponent (Sears) was a “judicial activist” and that he and Sears were “different as night and day.”<ref>note</ref> But now, in recent years, both Sears and Brantley show that they were cut from the same cloth—Brantley turning toward judicial activism for his money-making retirement plan.<ref>note</ref> | ||
So what exactly is “judicial activism” and what makes Brantley a judicial activist? | So what exactly is “judicial activism” and what makes Brantley a judicial activist? | ||
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