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Stare Decisis As A Constitutional Requirement, Thomas Healy
Stare Decisis As A Constitutional Requirement, Thomas Healy
West Virginia Law Review
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Attorney General Taney & The South Carolina Police Bill, H. Jefferson Powell
Attorney General Taney & The South Carolina Police Bill, H. Jefferson Powell
Faculty Scholarship
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Legislative Constitutional Interpretation, Neal K. Katyal
Legislative Constitutional Interpretation, Neal K. Katyal
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This is an Essay about "the how" of constitutional interpretation. Much attention has been devoted to the question of how the Constitution is interpreted in courts. Rather little attention has been devoted to the question of how the Constitution is interpreted elsewhere in the government. The Constitution tells us that Congress, the President, and state legislators and courts must adhere to its terms, but it does not tell us how much interpretive power each actor should have, nor does it prescribe rules for each actor to use when interpreting the text. I argue that constitutional interpretation by Congress is, and …