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Statutory Interpretation
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Metacanons: Comparative Textualism
January 30, 2023
Intisar A. Rabb, Metacanons: Comparative Textualism (Harv. Pub. L. Working Paper No. 22-24, 2022).
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Legal Canons – In the Classroom and in the Courtroom or, Comparative Perspective on the Origins of Islamic Legal Canons, 1265-1519
January 23, 2023
Intisar A. Rabb, Legal Canons – In the Classroom and in the Courtroom or, Comparative Perspective on the Origins of Islamic Legal Canons, 1265-1519, 66…
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A Look Back at the Dred Scott Decision
January 17, 2023
Stephen G. Breyer, A Look Back at the Dred Scott Decision, 35 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 110 (2010).
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Can Trump Replace Rosenstein Without the Senate?
January 10, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, Can Trump Replace Rosenstein Without the Senate?, Take Care (Feb. 1, 2018).
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Civil Rights Enforcement
January 6, 2023
Scott Michelman, Civil Rights Enforcement (2020).
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The Branch Best Qualified To Abolish Immunity
January 6, 2023
Scott Michelman, The Branch Best Qualified To Abolish Immunity, 93 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1999 (2018).
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How Clear Is “Clear” Enough?
December 28, 2022
Ryan D. Doerfler, How Clear Is “Clear” Enough? (U. of Chicago, Pub. Law Working Paper No. 720, Mar. 1, 2022) Va. L. Rev. forthcoming 2023.
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Gregory Elinson & Robert H. Sitkoff, When a Statute Comes with a User Manual: Reconciling Textualism and Uniform Acts, Emory L. J. (2022).
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A constitutional conversation with Professor Frank Michelman
December 8, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, A Constitutional Conversation with Professor Frank Michelman, 11 S. Afr. J. on Hum. Rts. 477 (1995).
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Judicial Supremacy, the Concept of Law, and the Sanctity of Life
December 3, 2022
Frank Michelman, Judicial Supremacy, the Concept of Law, and the Sanctity of Life, in Justice and Injustice in Law and Legal Theory (Thomas R. Kearns…
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Living with Judicial Supremecy Judicial Review: Blessing or Curse – or Both – A Symposium In Commemoration of the Bicentennial of Marbury V. Madison
December 3, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Living with Judicial Supremecy, 38 Wake Forest L. Rev. 579 (2003).
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Popular Law and the Doubtful Case Rule A Symposium on the People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review: I: Comment
December 3, 2022
Frank I. Michelman, Popular Law and the Doubtful Case Rule, 81 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 1109 (2006).
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Is Tobacco a Drug? Administrative Agencies as Common Law Courts
November 26, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Is Tobacco a Drug? Administrative Agencies as Common Law Courts, 47 Duke L.J. 1013 (1998).
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On the Uses of Legislative History in Interpreting Statutes
October 29, 2022
Stephen Breyer, On the Uses of Legislative History in Interpreting Statutes, 65 S. Cal. L. Rev. 845 (1992).
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Keynote Address
October 29, 2022
Stephen Breyer, Keynote Address, 97 Am. Soc’y Int’l. L. Proc. 265 (2003).
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Reflections of a Junior Justice
October 29, 2022
Stephen G. Breyer, Remarks of the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States: Reflections of a Junior Justice, 54 Drake…
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Preface
October 29, 2022
Stephen G. Breyer, Preface, 115 Yale L. J. 1975 (2006).
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Introductory Remarks
October 29, 2022
Stephen G. Breyer, Introductory Remarks, 76 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 819 (2008).
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Response of Justice Stephen G. Breyer
October 29, 2022
Stephen G. Breyer, Response of Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 64 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 33 (2008).
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Active Liberty: Interpreting a Democratic Constitution
October 29, 2022
Stephen Breyer, Active Liberty: Interpreting a Democratic Constitution (2008).
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Bill Watson, Literalism in Statutory Interpretation: What Is It and What Is Wrong with It?, 2021 U. Ill. L. Rev. Online 218 (2021).
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Textualism, Dynamism, and the Meaning of “Sex”
October 19, 2022
Bill Watson, Textualism, Dynamism, and the Meaning of “Sex”, 2022 Cardozo L. Rev. de novo 41 (2022).
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Originalism and the Result in Dobbs
October 19, 2022
Stephen E. Sachs, Originalism and the Result in Dobbs, Volokh Conspiracy (Nov. 14, 2021).
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The Law of Interpretation
October 19, 2022
William Baude & Stephen E. Sachs, The Law of Interpretation, 130 Harv. L. Rev. 1079 (2017).
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Late-Stage Textualism
October 19, 2022
Ryan D. Doerfler, Late-Stage Textualism, 2021 Sup. Ct. Rev. 267 (2022).
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Ryan D. Doerfler, Mead as (Mostly) Moot: Predictive Interpretation in Administrative Law, 36 Cardozo L. Rev. 499 (2014)…
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The Scrivener’s Error
October 19, 2022
Ryan D. Doerfler, The Scrivener’s Error, 110 Nw. U. L. Rev. 811 (2016).
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The (Not So) Plain Meaning Rule
October 19, 2022
William Baude & Ryan D. Doerfler, The (Not So) Plain Meaning Rule, 84 U. Chi. L. Rev. 539 (2017).
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High-Stakes Interpretation
October 19, 2022
Ryan D. Doerfler, High-Stakes Interpretation, 116 Mich. L. Rev. 523 (2018),…
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Can a Statute Have More Than One Meaning?
October 19, 2022
Ryan D. Doerfler, Can a Statute Have More Than One Meaning?, 94 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 213 (2019).
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The “Ambiguity” Fallacy
October 19, 2022
Ryan D. Doerfler, The “Ambiguity” Fallacy, 88 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1110 (2020).
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Nikolas Bowie, Case Comment, Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health & Human Services, 126 Harv. L. Rev. 611 (2012).
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Is Chevron Inconsistent with the APA?
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Is Chevron Inconsistent with the APA? (Harvard Pub. L. Working Paper No. 21-08, 2021).
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There Are Two “Major Question” Doctrines
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, There Are Two “Major Question” Doctrines, 73 Admin. L. Rev. 475 (2021).
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On Overruling Chevron
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, On Overruling Chevron (Nov. 1, 2020).
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Judicial Review of Administrative Action in a Conservative Era
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Alan B. Morrison, Kenneth W. Starr & Richard K. Willard, Judicial Review of Administrative Action in a Conservative Era, 39 Admin. L.
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Chevron as Construction
October 19, 2022
Lawrence B. Solum & Cass R. Sunstein, Chevron as Construction, 105 Cornell L. Rev. 1465 (2020).
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Chevron Without Chevron
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Chevron Without Chevron, 2018 Sup. Ct. Rev. 59.
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The American Nondelegation Doctrine
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, The American Nondelegation Doctrine (May 23, 2017).
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Avoiding Absurdity? A New Canon in Regulatory Law (with notes on interpretive theory)
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Avoiding Absurdity? A New Canon in Regulatory law (with notes on interpretive theory) (John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, Working…
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Justice Scalia’s Democratic Formalism
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Justice Scalia’s Democratic Formalism, 107 Yale L.J. 529 (1998)(reviewing Antonin Scalia, A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law (1997)).
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Cost-Benefit Default Principles
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Cost-Benefit Default Principles, 99 Mich. L. Rev. 1651 (2001).
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Beyond Marbury: The Executive’s Power to Say What the Law Is
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Beyond Marbury: The Executive’s Power to Say What the Law Is, 115 Yale L.J. 2580 (2006).
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Nondelegation Canons
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Nondelegation Canons, 67 U. Chi. L. Rev. 315 (2000).
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Constitutional Personae
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Constitutional Personae, 2013 Sup. Ct. Rev. 433 (2014).
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Deregulation and the Courts
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Deregulation and the Courts , 5 J. Pol’y Analysis & Mgmt. 517 (1986).
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Principles, Not Fictions
October 19, 2022
Cass R. Sunstein, Principles, Not Fictions, 57 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1247 (1990).