CBS's Smith on “empathy”: “Isn't that a kind of a shorthand for activist judge who will use the court ... as legislative?”

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CBS' Dickerson responds: “That's the way the right sees it, for sure”

Previously:

Matthews claims that by citing “empathy,” Obama is not looking for “a great constitutional scholar or a jurist”; Mitchell disagrees

Media falsely claim Obama said he doesn't want a justice committed to following the law

MYTH: Obama suggested he will nominate someone who shows “empathy” rather than a commitment to the law