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Congressional Research Service: 'Statutory Interpretation - Theories, Tools & Trends' (Part 1 of 5)
March 11, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45153) on March 10, 2023, entitled "Statutory Interpretation: Theories, Tools and Trends" by legislative attorney Valerie C. Brannon.

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SUMMARY

In the tripartite structure of the U.S. federal government, it is the job of courts to say what the law is, as Chief Justice John Marshall announced in 1803. When courts render d . . .

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