English Explanatory Dictionary

Lochnerize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Word forms

Lochnerize Lochnerizes Lochnerizing Lochnerized

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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