Judicial Activism In The Supreme Court By Lawrence Baum

Since society and society changes with time, the law does as well and this is due to judicial activism. Judicial activism is when courts do not confine themselves to the interpretations of current laws, but instead they create law based on personal or political considerations.The term judicial activism is defined in The Supreme Court by Lawrence Baum as “…A court makes significant changes in public policy, especially in policies that the other branches have established. The most prominent form of activism involves the use of judicial review, the power to overturn acts of other policymakers on the ground that they violate the Constitution”(162).

I believe that there are many reasons for why the court has been more activist in some eras than