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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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Lochnerize
Today it means: 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. Full definition →