Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint

Judicial philosophy in which justices create and influence law from the bench.

• judicial review
• judicial restraint
• judicial activism

Judicial philosophy in which justices reaffirm previous legal decisions

• judicial review
• judicial restraint
• judicial activism

Idea that the Supreme Court has the ability to determine if the actions ofgovernment or government officials is constitutional

• judicial review
• judicial activism
• judicial restraint

The reluctance to interpret the law and to hesitate to overturn existing legal precedent unless it is obviously unconstitutional is called what?

• Judicial Restraint
• Judicial Activism
• Constitutional Interpretation
• The Status Quo

Role of the judicial branch

• make laws
• interpret laws
• enforce laws
• impeach a president

holds that judges should actively interpret the Constitution, statutes and precedents in light of established principles when elected representatives fail to act in clear accord with these principles

• judicial activism

• judicial conference

• judicial restraint

• judicial review

holds that judges should broadly defer to precedent and to decisions made by legislatures

• judicial restraint

• judicial review

• judicial activism

• judicial conference

the power of the Supreme Court to declare another institutions’ action to be unconstitutional

• judicial review

• judicial activism

• judicial conference

• judicial restraint

The reluctance to interpret the law and to hesitate to overturn existing legal precedent unless it is obviously unconstitutional is called what?

• Judicial Restraint
• Judicial Activism
• Constitutional Interpretation
• The Status Quo

The practice of interpreting the Constitution in light of the norms and values of present day society is often referred to as

• Judicial Restraint
• Judicial Activism
• Originalism
• Jurist Prudence