Which statement would a judicial activist most likely make? a.)“interpretations of the constitution must change because its authors could not foresee modern life.” b.)“the court must protect the constitution from changes that distort its original meaning.” c.)“government should exercise only those powers specifically named within the constitution.” d.)“the supreme court must evaluate laws according to the literal language of the constitution.

Correct answer choice is :

Justices are more feasible to strike down laws and policies as undemocratic. Justices are determined by the future requirements of the nation. Judicial activism relates to judicial rulings that are doubted of being based on personal opinion, rather than on being law. It states that judges should balance to strike down laws unless they are clearly illegal, though what counts as clearly unconstitutional is itself a matter of some dispute.

answer; i believe its a

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.