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

b

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Federalism is a system of government in which

a. several levels of government exercise power over different bodies of citizens. b. several sovereign states exercise power over the same body of citizens. c. several political units exercise authority over the same body of citizens. d. several political units share and exercise authority over the same body of citizens. e. several different right's are accorded to the national government by states.

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The Marshall Plan ________

a. called for massive aid to war-torn Europe b. called for massive aid to war-torn Europe and Asia c. called for aid to countries under the threat of communism d. was framed by Kennan in 1947 e. was a policy to block Soviet expansion into Korea

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