The supreme court would be called an activist court if itmade rulings based on the literal wording in the constitution. cited a number of legal precedents in its decisions. upheld previous rulings about the constitutionality of laws. applied an article of the constitution to a new area of law

The correct answer is “Applied an article of the Constitution to a new area of law”

Judicial activism is often described as a new interpretation of the Bill of Rights, because of that articles of the Constitution might be applied to different and new areas of law. It’s a different form of interpreting the Constitution, supported by the judge’s political view.