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Lochnerize

The English word “Lochnerize” has 1 meaning listed here.

verb

  1. To read one's policy preferences into the Constitution, as was (allegedly) done by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1905 case Lochner v. New York.

Etymology

From Lochner + -ize; from Lochner v. New York, the title of a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1905.

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