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What does textualism mean?

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Noun
  1. strict adherence to some text, especially to the Bible
  2. textual criticism, especially that of the Bible
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Originalist meaning textualism is not without its difficulties because the attempt to bind governments by written constitutions has inherent difficulties.
Bork's textualism was also not likely to overturn a ton of democratically created laws.
Her jurisprudence, up to her Supreme Court début, had been fairly liberal, but her methods varied: strict textualism, allusions to international law, nods to the legislative record.
Thus, I conclude, adherents of textualism and originalism should recognize the time limit in the Recess Appointments Clause as a matter of constitutional law.
In Active Liberty, Breyer explains for a popular audience why his approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation is preferable to textualism or originalism.
In 2008, before we went to press, I suggested that we should do a second book together, on textualism.

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