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Supreme Court decisions emphasize the importance of context when interpreting the text of a statute
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A problem with textualism is that its leading advocates sometimes seem to twist it beyond recognition in order to attain their desired result.
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Neil Gorsuch, a proponent of textualism
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Textualism is similar to "originalism", or "original meaning." These are different from purposivism. Other competing legal doctrines include Critical Legal Studies.
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New page: Textualism is an approach to the interpretation of statutes and the U.S. Constitution that focuses on the text itself and its plain meaning rather than inquiring into the purpose of th...
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