Canons of Construction Topic of White Paper From CRS
May 11, 2025
May 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12992) on May 9, 2025, by legislative attorney Valerie C. Brannon:
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The "canons of construction" are a set of judicial presumptions about statutory meaning. The canons are one of the traditional tools judges use to interpret statutes, along with the text's ordinary meaning, context, legislative history, and implementation. Courts may assume that . . .
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The "canons of construction" are a set of judicial presumptions about statutory meaning. The canons are one of the traditional tools judges use to interpret statutes, along with the text's ordinary meaning, context, legislative history, and implementation. Courts may assume that . . .