Lochnerize

What is Lochnerize?


1.

This term describes a method of legal reasoning where a court substitutes its policy judgment for a legislature in overturning legislation. This term was popularized after the now overturned decision of Lochner v. New York.

When the court struck down the legislation setting maximum work hours for bakers, they were clearly lochnerizing.

See Penumbra


87

Random Words:

1. go to an event where there is dancing, and start dancing. Man, when i get to the club a fena a get down with the get down. See down, d..
1. As with most office slang, the term "Red Arrow" can mean almost anything you want and fluctuates within the context that it is..
1. Interlingua is an international auxiliary language based on the words that are common to the major West-European languages and on a simp..