Means-end scrutiny
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Means-end scrutiny is a constitutional test that focuses on whether a challenged law is properly tailored to its goal. Its first use began in the late 1930s and then became popular in the 1960s-1980s, analysis, reserving means-end scrutiny for a “few scattered pockets of constitutional law,” but is mostly disfavored now as the courts prefer alternative modes of analysis, such as strict scrutiny.