Uh oh, Rand Paul went off script again!

What could get two contributors to National Review (the used-to-be conservative site that is now mostly controlled by neocon, establishment types) and the Washington Post all in an uproar? Well, Rand Paul speaking at length against a long-held typical conservative view on “judicial activism.” For laughs, here’s what the Rand Paul-obsessed Jennifer Rubin had to say–she’s basically an unhinged neoconservative,

Not content to run against decades of conservative foreign policy, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) seems to have gone to war with fundamental tenets of conservative jurisprudence. The list of his anti-conservative pronouncements on legal issues is long. Paul claims that the government is listening in on your phone calls without individualized suspicion (which is factually incorrect) and that data collection, not the content of calls, is protected by the Fourth Amendment…Paul’s ideas about our justice system range from the odd to the dangerous. For example, many Americans, especially conservatives, will be alarmed by his argument against “militarizing” the police. They are naturally concerned that such equipment might be needed to put down riot…On a host of legal matters, Paul will be to the left of most of the potential 2016 GOP contenders. Jeb Bush, for example, strongly endorsed voter ID laws in his book on immigration. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has been forthright in his support of NSA data-gathering, and Mitt Romney doesn’t think the president needs congressional permission to act in America’s defense.

Uh, okay? Way to stay on topic there, Jennifer!

Here’s what a more thoughtful conservative had to say over at National Review:

…supporters of limited government would do well to heed Senator Paul’s advice to a conference hosted by Heritage Action on Tuesday. Judicial restraint — an approach to judging in which judges adopt a “deferential” attitude toward the political branches, and thus hesitate to void acts of government on constitutional grounds – is a policy that has done nothing to promote constitutionally limited government. It has, in fact, done precisely the opposite…

Here’s the much-discussed speech for those who want to hear it for themselves. It’s a pretty daring opening Sen. Paul opens with. Skip to about 3:00. Check it out: