On the whole, when interpreting statutes, agencies tend to attach even greater weight than courts to the perceived purpose or subjective intent of the legislature.

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Most purposivist judges accept the proposition that legislative history may be used to clarify ambiguous statutory text but may not be used to unsettle the meaning of clear statutory text.

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Most textualist judges accept that a legitimate judicial role is, to the extent possible, fitting new statutes harmoniously into the preexisting body of statutes.

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The Skidmore doctrine may produce a range of outcomes, from no deference at all to considerable deference.

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The courts accord deference to an agency's view of a statute only if the agency in question has been charged by the legislature with the authority and obligation to implement the statute in question.

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The spirit in which a court applies a standard or test is more important to the outcomes of actual cases than the verbal formulation in which the court casts that standard or test.

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The "constitutional avoidance" canon is widely, although not universally, accepted.

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The "inaction" canon is another name for the "reenactment without change" canon.

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Marbury v. Madisonestablished the principle of judicial review in federal law.

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Dictais a latin term meaning "the holding of a case."