strict scrutiny
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English
Noun
- (law) A standard for judicial review, according to which a law must have been enacted to further a compelling governmental interest, have been narrowly tailored to achieve that interest, and be the least restrictive means for so doing.
- 1942, William O. Douglas, Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535:
- We mention these matters … merely in emphasis of our view that strict scrutiny of the classification which a State makes in a sterilization law is essential, lest unwittingly, or otherwise, invidious discriminations are made against groups or types of individuals in violation of the constitutional guaranty of just and equal laws.
- 1942, William O. Douglas, Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535: