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Restraint and Activism

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Judicial restraint is the philosophy of letting the other branches' actions stand; judicial activism is its readier-to-strike counterpart.

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The same case can draw restraint from one justice and intervention from another.

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Both labels are contested and often used as accusations — the course uses them descriptively only.