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Statutory Interpretation
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Appellate Advocacy Blog
On Using ChatGPT for Statutory Interpretation
Judge Kevin Newsom of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently wrote a concurring opinion in an insurance case involving an issue of statutory interpretation.[i] Specifically, the question was whether…
California Construction Law Blog
We’ve Updated Our Statutory Construction Payment Forms
By Garret Murai
We got the productivity bug this Memorial Day weekend and updated and added a few new statutory construction payment forms to our library including forms the…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Supreme Court to Determine Scope of Witness, Victim, or Informant Tampering Statute for January 6 Prosecutions
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Christopher Sakauye, Monika Harris, Puja R. Valera, Dykema
In Fischer v. U.S., the Supreme Court will decide the scope of Section 1512(c) of the Witness, Victim, or Informant Tampering Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)—specifically, whether it applies only…
Legal Theory Blog
Lawsky on Reasoning with Formalized Statutes
Sarah B. Lawsky (Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law) has posted Reasoning with Formalized Statutes: The Case of Capital Gains and Losses (Virginia Tax Review, Volume 43, No. 3,…
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
Strangers In A Strange Land – In California, Bumblebees, Crabs and Snails Are Fishes And A General Partnership May Soon Be A Corporation
In California, some things are not what they seem. Here, a bumblebee, a crab or snail can be a fish, but a goldfish may not be a fish. See California Believes…
Georgia Law Review Blog Posts
Georgian Law and Georgia’s Law: 1776 English Law in Georgia Courts
Nick Lewis, Georgia Law Review Vol. 57 Executive Articles Editor, UGA Law 2023 I. GEORGIA’S ADOPTION OF 1776 ENGLISH LAW When Georgia’s government met in the winter of 1784, the harsh…
PrawfsBlawg
The Comstock Act and Federal Express
Main Wednesday, March 27, 2024The Comstock Act and Federal ExpressHere's a question. The Comstock Act was a self-described regulation of the Post Office. This was clearly within Congress's authority during…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
And or Or
Statutory construction figures in many appeals. Despite well-known canons that guide courts in interpreting statutes, advocates and courts frequently dispute a written law’s meaning. The overarching principle used in both…
PrawfsBlawg
Pulsifer v. United States as Permissive Interpretation
When someone has a hammer, every problem risks looking like a nail. And when a legal scholar has a theory, every case risks becoming an application of it.With that disclaimer…
Sentencing Law and Policy
In notable 6-3 split, SCOTUS rules in <em>Pulsifer</em> that "and" means "or" for application of FIRST STEP safety valve
The Supreme Court this morning handed down its opinion in the sentencing case of this Term I have been watching most closely to date, Pulsifer v. United States, a statutory…