Judicial activism refers to the idea that
a. the courts should shape constitutional meaning to present-day needs.
b. the courts should seek areas in which to legislate.
c. the courts should use their own beliefs to reach court decisions.
d. the courts should uphold original intent of the Constitution.
A
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A) government intervention to promote equality and to establish and maintain an ordered liberty. B) limited government that allows capitalism to thrive and the market to maintain order. C) government intervention to promote equality, while leaving the individual free to make moral or personal decisions. D) strong government involvement, often by force, to maintaining strict order in society. E) the collective sharing of resources and production.
The justification President Bush gave for his strategy of preemptive war included which of the following?
a. Terrorists cannot be deterred because they are stateless. b. Terrorists cannot be deterred, whose so-called soldiers seek martyrdom. c. Terrorists' tactics include wanton destruction and the targeting of civilians. d. All of these are true.