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ajority of the people. Second, judicial restraint maintains the legitimacy of the courts in the eyes of the public. Judges must rely upon precedent to justify their decisions. Otherwise, when judges thwart the will of the majority, public confidence in the judiciary will be endangered and elected officials could undermine judicial decisions (Patterson 424).

Advocates of judicial activism, by contrast, argue that judges should more actively wield their power. Though proponents

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