What are judicial activists?

Question

What are judicial activists?

Answer 1

They are judges that "create laws" by setting precedents, using existing laws and interpreting them in such a way as to create new ways to interpret laws.  For example, Roe v. Wade was decided by precedent, it was decided by a judge in court initially.

Answer 2

They are people that are either Lobbyists or groups of people that rally to change  court laws in the U.S.. The ACLU could be considered judicial activists.

Answer 3

Judges that use edicts outside the constitution with a long stretch of their own opinion to set a precedent case for future use. A good example is the length that courts have gone to to use the 14th amendment for everything besides its original intent.

Answer 4

9th Circuit Court of Appeals