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Purposivism is contrasted with the growing support for [[textualism]], which emphasizes the text of a statute rather than inquiring into its purpose, and the continued support for [[originalism]], which emphasizes how a constitution was understood by the People when ratified.

Purposivism is contrasted with the growing support for [[textualism]], which emphasizes the text of a statute rather than inquiring into its purpose, and the continued support for [[originalism]], which emphasizes how a constitution was understood by the People when ratified.

The leading precedent for purposivism is ''Holy Trinity v. United States''<ref>143 U.S. 457 (1892).</ref>  "I tell my students that Holy Trinity Church is the case you always cite when the statutory text is hopelessly against you ...."<ref>Philip P. Frickey, From the Big Sleep to the Big Heat: The Revival of Theory in Statutory Interpretation, 77 Minn. L. Rev. 241, 247 (1992).</ref>

The leading precedent for purposivism is ''[[Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States]]''<ref>143 U.S. 457 (1892).</ref>  "I tell my students that Holy Trinity Church is the case you always cite when the statutory text is hopelessly against you ...."<ref>Philip P. Frickey, From the Big Sleep to the Big Heat: The Revival of Theory in Statutory Interpretation, 77 Minn. L. Rev. 241, 247 (1992).</ref>

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