Those who believe that the court should strictly construe the U.S. Constitution and defer all political questions to the legislative branch of government typically follow what approach to judicial decision-making?
a. Judicial restraint
b. Judicial activism
c. Logical reasoning
d. Stare decisis
e. None of the above
Question 2
From the 1890s through the mid-1930s the U.S. Supreme Court frequently interpreted the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as a substantive limitation on
a. freedom of speech
b. federal criminal prosecutions
c. economic regulation by the states
d. voting rights
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