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More 'political' judges is the last thing we need

A call for a less "activist" judge is a call for a person with a certain political approach.

With the ink barely dry on the High Court’s decision in the "aliens power" case, the blogosphere and legal literati went into meltdown.

The reasoning each of the four majority judges employed to conclude that Aboriginal people cannot be treated as aliens – nor be deported if they are non-citizens has been portrayed as both the worst example of judicial activism and the best example of the rule of law in action.

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/more-political-judges-is-the-last-thing-we-need-20200219-p542ha