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E Unum Pluribus: Comparative Textualism & Constitutional Faiths

2 Aug 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger

Eskridge is the ordinary meaning canon: the requirement to interpret statutes according to their plain or ordinary meaning.[20] The agreed-upon ordinary meaning canon produces multiple interpretations, and it manages to divide textualists from one another. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

Legal Theory Lexicon: Theories of Statutory Interpretation and Construction

24 Jul 2022, 6:45 am by Lawrence Solum

One of the most important contemporary theorists of statutory interpretation is Professor William Eskridge, who is an advocate of the approach that he calls "dynamic statutory interpretation. [read post]

Legal Theory Blog - https://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/

What a Difference 17 Years Made

28 Jun 2022, 6:23 am by Jennifer Davis

Eskridge, William N. (2008) Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America 1861-2003. [read post]

In Custodia Legis - http://blogs.loc.gov/law

Bipartisan Group of Former SEC Officials and Securities Experts Confirms Longstanding SEC Authority on Climate Disclosure

16 Jun 2022, 9:05 pm by Working Group on Securities Disclosure Authority

[Editor’s Note: This post is based on a comment letter submitted to the U.S. [read post]

The CLS Blue Sky Blog - https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/

Interpreting Law and the Useless Debates Over Textualism and Purposivism

22 Nov 2021, 5:00 am by Eric Segall

This paen to false simplicity discusses the famous canons of statutory interpretation although, according to Professor William Eskridge, it covers less than one-third of the 187 canons Eskridge claims the Supreme Court has used in the past. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

[Josh Blackman] The Fact That X States Failed To Criminalize An Act in 1868 Does Not Mean That Committing The Act Is A Fundamental Right

13 Sep 2021, 6:02 pm by Josh Blackman

The Cato brief, which was written by William Eskridge, found errors with Bowers's historical account. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

[Josh Blackman] Professor Kagan v. Professor Barrett, Round 1 of N

29 Jun 2021, 2:25 pm by Josh Blackman

" Though Barrett also cites William Eskridge twice. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

[Ilya Somin] Lessons of the Legal and Political Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage

11 Apr 2021, 4:07 pm by Ilya Somin

[Drawn from William Eskridge and Christopher Riano's comprehensive new book on the subject.] [read post]