Reply #1: This is where one gets into [View All]

[spindrifter]

a real argument about "activist judges." It is Roberts, after all, who is squealing about domestic violence victims, while the majority manages to stick to the issue of unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment. State v. Davis will be another interesting match-up. It was argued Monday and deals with use of 911 tapes where a witness later refuses to testify or is unavailable. Again, it is in the context of domestic violence that we see the threat to the right to confront a witness. The confrontation clause is aimed at protecting far more than witnesses associated with a crime du jour, in this case d.v. Hopefully, the majority will put aside their desire to protect a particular class in favor of the need to protect all of us.