Difference between revisions of "Political Adversaries Cut From the Same Cloth"

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>The Associated Press, [https://accesswdun.com/article/2004/7/165113 ''Supreme Court candidate releases sweeping endorsement'']</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>