What is "legislating from the bench"?

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My friend Rich has written a piece on the topic. He makes the point that the normal functioning of our legal system does sometimes require this. He gets some thoughtful conservative visitors, so an interesting discussion may develop.

Here's the link:

http://smokey.rhs.com/web/blog/poweroftheschwartz.nsf/d6plinks/RSCZ-6KW6JM#comments