Which of the Following Is True of the History of Judicial

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the history of judicial activism and restraint in the U.S.?

• A)John Marshall tried to shape the Court around the principal of judicial restraint.
• B)Judicial activism is sometimes unfairly associated with liberal justices.
• C)For a long period after the Civil War,the Court became activist by trying to heavily regulate economic expansion.
• D)The last two decades have seen a largely liberal Supreme Court act in activist ways.
• E)Judicial restraint has been the norm for the vast majority of time the Court has existed.

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Definitions:

Interjudge Agreement

The degree to which two or more people making judgments about the same person provide the same description of that person’s personality.

Behavioral Prediction

The degree to which a judgment or measurement can predict the behavior of the person in question.

Internal Consistency

A measure of how well the items on a test measure the same construct or concept, indicating the reliability of the scale.

Predictive Validity

The degree to which one measure can be used to predict another.