LEAST-RESTRICTIVE-MEANS TEST

By SovConn | September 16, 2013

least-restrictive-means test.The rule that a law or governmental regulation, even when based on a legitimate governmental interest, should be crafted in a way that will protect individual civil liberties as much as possible, and should be only as restrictive as is necessary to accomplish a legitimate governmental purpose.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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