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Statutory Interpretation
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The Faculty Lounge
AALS CFP: New Voices in Legislation
This just in: The AALS Section on Legislation & Law of the Political Process is pleased to announce that it will host a “New Voices in Legislation” program during the…
PrawfsBlawg
Gorsuch’s “Clear Enough” & Kennedy’s Anti-“Reflexive Deference”: Two Potential Limits on Chevron Deference (SCOTUS Term)
Main Friday, June 22, 2018Gorsuch’s “Clear Enough” & Kennedy’s Anti-“Reflexive Deference”: Two Potential Limits on Chevron Deference (SCOTUS Term)The headline administrative law opinion coming out of the Supreme Court yesterday…
North Carolina Appellate Practice Blog
Statutory Construction: The Saga Continues
Statutory construction continues to be an important issue to the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Consider this statute: “Only a county director of social services or the director’s authorized representative…
Organizational Integrity Group Blog
The Supreme Court Discusses When A Statute May Be Unconstitutionally Vague – Will It Be Extended to False Claims Act Cases?
And it is even more difficult still if the defendant had - and acted in accordance with - a reasonable interpretation of the vague or ambiguous statute, regulation or contract…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Quirky Texas statute operates to make being married an aggravating factor in sexual assault cases in Texas
Main May 10, 2018Quirky Texas statute operates to make being married an aggravating factor in sexual assault cases in TexasIn this new post at The Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh flag…
Sentencing Law and Policy
First ripple ofDimayadisruptions appears in SCOTUS relists
Main April 29, 2018First ripple of Dimaya disruptions appears in SCOTUS relistsIn this post the day after the Supreme Court's big ruling in Sessions v. Dimaya, No. 15-1498 (S. Ct.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The challenge of modern federal sentencing: “there are 15 distinct factors in 3553(a)”
Main April 24, 2018The challenge of modern federal sentencing: "there are 15 distinct factors in 3553(a)"The line in quotes in the title of this post is a phrase that was…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Parenthetically Speaking
Supreme Court decisions often leave me scratching my head, but not usually because of Justice Kagan’s use of English. But there’s a first time for everything, and I read with…
PrawfsBlawg
JOTWELL: Pfander on Nourse on statutory interpretation and democracy
Main Tuesday, March 27, 2018JOTWELL: Pfander on Nourse on statutory interpretation and democracyThe new Courts Law essay comes from James Pfander (Northwestern-Pritzker), reviewing Victoria Nourse, Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy (Harvard…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Pfander on Nourse on Statutory Interpretation
Now on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Jim Pfander’s essay, Statutory Interpretation for Courts and Lawyers. Jim reviews Victoria Nourse’s book, Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy (2016).