Here's a list of what compels people to complain of judicial activism: 1. They disagree with a court decision. I don't think it makes a measurable difference

Here's a list of what compels people to complain of judicial activism: 1. They disagree with a court decision. I don't think it makes a measurable difference whether he draws a huge target on his back or not. I would hope as a professional judge he would have a strong interest in law. Naturally he'll have opinions about it, whether he talks to the press after the case is over or not. So long as the written court opinion cites the law as it is now, I actually like having personal opinion added later. Professionally, judges have to think about what harms people and what serves their interests. There's no way a human judge could avoid having this spill over into thinking how laws harm people and serve their interests.