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Backlash to Obama's comments on 'judicial activism'

President Obama stirred controversy this week by critiquing conservatives and 'judicial activism' as the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of his "Affordable Care Act," but was he out of line with his words? New York University professor Kenji Yoshino, Rutgers University professor Jelani Cobb, Reason Magazine editor Matt Welch, and journalist Farai Chideya, weigh in.