⇒ A justice who interprets the constitution in a strict/literal/conservative way and who tends to stress the retention of as much power as possible by governemtn of the individual states (tends to be conservative)
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⇒ A justice who interprets the constitution in a loose/liberal fashion and who tends to stress the broad grants of power to the federal government (tends to be liberal)
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⇒ Also see our notes on: