Tag: Congressional Intent

Choosing Interpretive Methods: A Positive Theory of Judges and Everyone Else

Alexander Volokh - Emory Law School

Textualism is a “conservative” method of statutory interpretation, according to the conventional wisdom.  For example, Bradford Mank rejects the suggestion that textualism can be friendly to environmental regulation, noting that “textualists tend to devalue the policy balances struck by environmental agencies… Read More »