Difference between revisions of "Strict construction"

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'''Strict Construction''' is when courts practice [[Judicial Restraint]].  The converse of this is interpreting the [[United States Constitution]] as a "living document" and creating new rights that aren't wxplicity in the Constitution.
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'''Strict Construction''' is when courts practice [[Judicial Restraint]].  The converse of this is interpreting the [[United States Constitution]] as a "living document" and creating new rights that aren't explicity in the Constitution.
  
 
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Revision as of 03:05, May 17, 2008

Strict Construction is when courts practice Judicial Restraint. The converse of this is interpreting the United States Constitution as a "living document" and creating new rights that aren't explicity in the Constitution.