easy · LSAT Reading Comprehension
A passage on legal precedent acknowledges that a legislature has the authority to correct a flawed judicial decision by enacting a superseding statute. It cautions, however, that this authority is often not exercised. Mustering the political will to pass such a statute typically requires that the people harmed by the precedent wield some measure of political influence; when those people belong to a group with little organized power, the corrective statute is unlikely ever to be enacted.
According to the passage, why might a legislature fail to correct a flawed judicial decision?
- The legislative process tends to move more slowly than the process by which the courts decide individual cases.
- As a rule, legislators agree with the courts' reasoning on the great majority of the issues that come before them.
- Legislatures simply lack the constitutional authority to alter laws that the courts themselves have created.
- The people harmed by the flawed precedent may have too little political power to prompt a legislative response.
- Legislators are constitutionally forbidden from second-guessing any decision handed down by the highest court.
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