Author Question: What is the best definition of judicial restraint? a. Justices only applying legal findings to ... (Read 43 times)

jwb375 · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

What is the best definition of judicial restraint?

a. Justices only applying legal findings to the law while still inserting their own preferences
b. Justices only applying legal findings to the law, but when in the minority, inserting their own preferences
c. Justices only applying legal findings to the law while intentionally inserting preferences of the president
d. Justices only applying legal findings to the law without intentionally inserting their own preferences

Question 2

What is the best definition of judicial activism?

a. Justices viewing the law as fixed, using their judicial position to guide other justices to follow the letter of the law
b. Justices viewing the law as malleable, using their judicial position to guide the law in the direction they think it should go
c. Justices viewing the law code as a living document that needs to be reviewed and revised actively
d. Justices viewing their primary role as legislating from the bench