Generally speaking, judicial activism is the opposite of judicial restraint in that when a judge is especially "active," he or she imposes more of his or her own will in the case, whereas if a judge is more "restrained," they rely more on precedent.
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Because the US needed to honor its vow to defend Russia
In book one, he stopped a great war between Zues- God of the Sky- and Posiden-God of the Sea- from happening.