When conservatives complain about activist judges they are upset because the judges' rulings are created out of thin air, based on things that are nowhere in the text of the constitution.Slowplay wrote:Holder's letter tries to soften Obama's comments, since there's no real defense for what Obama said on Monday. Obama wasn't even right about the "democratically elected congress" that voted for "Obamacare.". The 60th vote for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") on Christmas eve 2009 was Paul Kirk, appointed by Deval Patrick (before MA elected Scott Brown for the seat vacated by Ted Kennedy).
Obama is upset a majority of SCOTUS justices might base their ruling on the actual text of the constitution.
There is a world of difference between the two.