> This is the end of the Roberts Court, we’re told, as the Chief Justice’s cautious approach to judging gives way to a more robustly conservative activism. I'm

> This is the end of the Roberts Court, we’re told, as the Chief Justice’s cautious approach to judging gives way to a more robustly conservative activism. I'm a liberal, but why is this characterized "conservative activism"? It seems like "not weighing in on a case" is a very cautious judicial approach. Was it "liberal activism" when, for example, the Iowa Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in ~2009? After all, they actively took the case on.