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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, gives remarks at the Heritage Foundation's Conservative Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. <\/p>\n
WASHINGTON United States Senator Rand Paul stated that \"judicial activism\" can be a force of good in American politics. <\/p>\n
At an event sponsored by the conservative group the Heritage Action for America, the outspoken libertarian-leaning Republican told those gathered Tuesday morning that judicial activism can play a positive role in public policy. <\/p>\n
\"There is a role for the Supreme Court to mete out justice. The Fourteenth Amendment gives the Supreme Court, gives the federal government a role in saying the states can't do certain things,\" said Sen. Paul. <\/p>\n
\"I think the federal government was right to overturn state governments that were saying that 'separate but equal' was fine'.\" <\/p>\n
Paul believes that the conservative position that judicial restraint was intrinsically beneficial was wrong given the need for decisions to combat state-level wrongs like Jim Crow legislation. <\/p>\n
\"If you're for judicial restraint, I guess then what happens when a legislature does bad things?\" asked Paul to an audience that has often expressed support for restraint over activism. <\/p>\n
\"What happens when a legislature says 'well, we're going to pass Jim Crow laws' should we have an activist court that comes in and overturns that?\" <\/p>\n
(Photo: The Christian Post) <\/p>\n
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