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Lochnerize
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English
Alternative forms
en lochnerize
Etymology
From en Lochner ize; from Lochner v. New York, the title of a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1905.
Verb
en US legal intransitive 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.
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