Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restriant
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Judicial Activism
A legal term that refers to court rulings that are partially or fully based on the judge's political or personal considerations rather than existing laws.
Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint
Judicial activism is where judges make policy decisions and interpret the Constitution in new ways. Judicial restraint is where judges play minimal policy-making roles, leaving policy decisions to the other two branches.
Judicial Restraint
Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say.
