Strengths
• Role of the court granted by FF to protect rights
• The court’s own decisions are not immune from error and can be reversed if necessary - not imperial judiciary
• legislators are often risk-averse, and slow to act for fear of offending one group or another; consequently, important social change can only be achieved by the court taking the lead and striking down archaic legislation – CIVIL RIGHTS/ROEvWADE
• State laws in particular are likely to promote values which have long since ceased to be acceptable – Owensboro, Kentucky illegal for woman to buy hat without husbands permission (sexist values)
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