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Legislative judgment and constitutional validity

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Definitions from Case Law

From 243 U.S. 426 - Bunting v. State · 1917Most cited · 86 citing opinions

We are not required to be sure of the precise reasons for [the legislature's] exercise [of power], or be convinced of the wisdom of its exercise. ... the constitutional validity of legislation cannot be determined by the degree of exactness of its provisions or remedies. New policies are usually tentative in their beginnings, advance in firmness as they advance in acceptance.

How often courts cite the case defining “Legislative judgment and constitutional validity”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Legislative judgment and constitutional validity” — 169 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.