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A �balancing test� is defined as a subjective test�with which a�court weighs competing interests. For instance, a court would weigh the interest between an inmate's liberty interest and the government's interest in public safety, to decide which interest prevails.

See, e.g.�Wilkinson v. Austin, 545 U.S. 2009 (2005).

Contrast: Bright-line rule