Definition of a conservative judge
Avedon Carol has it and goes on to indicate the entire modern conservative project:
Alas, I often get the feeling that the definition of a “conservative judge” is one who doesn’t regard the law as relevant to the outcome he seeks. I know this is what right-wingers like to suggest is true of liberal judges when they talk about “judicial activism”, but it’s always been clear that this claim of a concern over method is just a means to obscure the fact that they are concerned over the outcome of the individual cases. Much like the “states’ rights” argument, a veil over out-and-out racism, it’s all double-talk so we won’t notice that what bugs them isn’t corruption of process but just getting outcomes they don’t like.