Court-curbing refers to efforts made by Congress or state legislatures to reduce or limit judicial power or jurisdiction. This can be done through legislation or constitutional amendments.
Consider court-curbing as putting training wheels on a bike. Just as training wheels limit the movement of a bicycle to prevent it from tipping over, court-curbing measures are designed to restrict the power of courts and keep them in check.
Checks and Balances: A system that allows each branch of government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power.
Judicial Activism: The practice in the judiciary of protecting or expanding individual rights through decisions that depart from established precedent or are independent of legislative enactment.
Separation of Powers: The division of governmental responsibilities into distinct branches (legislative, executive, judicial) to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.
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