activist

Related to activist: Activist investor

activist judge

A judge or justice (particularly of the US Supreme Court) who rules in accordance with their personal ideology rather than with how the law is strictly written; often used in a derogatory or pejorative sense. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Many attributed the strict environmental rulings to the activist judge who was appointed last November and is known for his love of nature.
See also: activist, judge

activist justice

A court justice whose rulings are dictated more by personal leanings than the law. I can't believe that judge! What is he, an activist justice—handing out rulings based on his own bent?
See also: activist, justice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • activist judge
  • a blue-eyed boy
  • dikey
  • dykey
  • chaser
  • ambulance
  • ambulance chaser
  • an ambulance chaser
  • the chattering classes
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The crackdown was described as a new wave of arbitrary detentions" similar to 2018's one when a dozen of women rights activists were arrested.
Detained by Saudi Arabia Activist Khadijah al-Harbi is Pregnant and Expecting
Activist proposals have long been viewed as something to resist, even fear, but a new strain of thinking has become part of the debate.
Think Like An Activist
'The government brands activists who speak against the project as terrorists.
LAPSSET project: Focus on health concerns instead of harassing activists - Human Rights
Richard Sanders, researcher, writer, antiwar activist
Open Letter: A Call for the NDP to Withdraw from the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group
The report noted that activist investing was increasingly becoming a style of management decision making -- "essentially a behavior" -- as opposed to the traditional investor class that strives to influence management decision making through the sway of portfolio investment.
To Beat the Market, Companies Should Think Like Activists, Study Says
If you do so, you can address this matter before an activist investor forces you to deal with it.
How to deal with activist shareholders
Although they were not detained in police custody, ten lawyers and activists were accused of attacking the police station, assaulting its personnel and threatening public order and terrorising people.
Court sentences Mahienour El-Massry and others to 2 years
Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said: "We are deeply concerned by the decision of the judge to refuse bail, as we await the appearance of the other activists, including six UK nationals.
GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS JAILED
The point is that activists have decided to set tents in front of the Yerevan Mayor's Office, as it is already for a week as they
Policemen surrounded building of Kentron police department and do not let activists come closer to it
Opposition activists said security forces loyal to President Bashar Al Assad killed more than 40 people in a small town outside Damascus on Wednesday, calling it a massacre.
More than 40 Syrians 'massacred' outside Damascus, say activists
| AMMAN, Aug 26 (KUNA) -- Israel banned some 70 western and Arab activists from reaching the Palestinian territories to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and condemn the Israeli policies, part of the "Welcome to Palestine" campaign.
Israel bans activists from reaching Palestinian lands
26 (Petra) -- Some 72 Arab and foreign activists on Sunday arrived at King Hussein Bridge in order to cross to the other side, the Public Security Department Media (PSD) Office announced.
PSD: 72 activists tried to cross King Hussein Bridge to other side
BEIRUT: Activists and journalists gathered Monday at the American University of Beirut to participate in a panel discussion of online activism in the region, debating the issue of activist security and the relationship between activists and corporate media platforms -- such as Facebook and Flickr.
AUB hosts panel discussion on online activism in region
Activist Itamar Shapira said Wednesday that his brother, Yonatan--a former Israeli helicopter pilot who is well known locally for refusing to carry out his military duties--was shocked with a Taser gun while passively resisting arrest by sitting down and embracing another passenger.
Detained Jewish activists by Israeli commandos say harshly treated
Betty Berzon, 78 Lesbian activist and renowned psychotherapist; died January 25.
In memoriam