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And on a court whose dominant metaphor has been the calling of balls and strikes, he has been one of a new coterie of "inactivist" judges -- often abdicating responsibility for interpreting the law in any way beyond a simple "yes" or "no."
Scalia: 'I don't even have to read the briefs, for Pete's sake' Alexandra Petri 2011
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I would be more than happy to ignore Gore completely, but people like Ambler and other deniers/delayers/inactivist or whatever you wish to call them keep bringing him up.
Anthropogenic Climate Change In Serious Doubt « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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A Dictatorship of the Rich is a symptom, not the master, of an inactivist electorate. yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'A Dictatorship of the Rich is a symptom, not the master, of an inactivist electorate. '
A Dictatorship of the Rich is a symptom, not the master, of an inactivist electorate. 2008
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OpEdNews - Article: A Dictatorship of the Rich is a symptom, not the master, of an inactivist electorate.
A Dictatorship of the Rich is a symptom, not the master, of an inactivist electorate. 2008
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If this is about the evil activist judges (or "inactivist judges," as Michael in NYC calls them) breaking the law and refusing to save a poor woman who's being murdered, how can Jeb and George now refuse to stop it?
03/27/2005 2005
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If you publish a story and you do NOT feature the congressional toll free numbers (888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588) you are an inactivist.
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Get off or your worthless inactivist asses and DO something to get OTHER people to speak out RIGHT NOW!
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Even if you tell people to speak out, if you do not tell them HOW you are an inactivist.
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If you are a radio personality, and you are not giving out the toll free numbers every 15 minutes, you are an inactivist.
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Director Louie Psihoyos says in the film, "You are either an activist or an inactivist."
TreeHugger 2010
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