While textualists want to only focus on the actual text of the statute, the purpose of statutory interpretation, in my ...

The Legislation Bill proposes to rewrite and replace the Legislation Act 2012 and to update and re-enact the Interpretation Act 1999. It aims to improve public access to the law by making secondary ...

I recently posted a revised draft of my forthcoming article, "The Effect of Legislation on Fourth Amendment Interpretation," and I thought I would blog a bit about it. The article considers a ...

Many high-elevation lakes in designated wilderness are stocked with native and nonnative fish by state fish and game agencies to provide recreational fishing opportunities. In several areas, this ...

The Court is now striking down a variety of federal civil rights statutes as beyond Congress's power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. In imposing limits on federal authority to enact civil ...