Why have cases such as Dred Scott and Lochner led some legal theorists to argue that judicial review should be abandoned?

A) Because every time it has been used, as in the cases above, it has been reversed over time.
B) Because it cannot protect against majority infringements on minority civil rights
C) Because it is an added check on the judiciary
D) Because it has been used too often in particularly contentious cases
E) Because it is anti-democratic


E

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