How to Use textualism in a Sentence

textualism

noun

• This case brought those two core principles to a head, and strict textualism won.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2020
• The Justice is best known for his commitment to textualism, a method of interpretation that hinges on the literal meaning of the law at the time when it was written.
  — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2021
• That is supported by a ruling by the champion of textualism, the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
  — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
• In a nutshell, textualism generally means reading the statute as it is written.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 24 Jan. 2022
• Leo was a close friend of Antonin Scalia, who instilled in him an affinity for the judicial philosophies known as originalism and textualism.
  — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2017
• Alito has been guided by his strict adherence to textualism, or emphasizing the words of a law as written.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
• Justice Antonin Scalia spent his early years on the court writing separately to expound the virtues of originalism and textualism.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2022
• The Federalist Society had brought the legal doctrines of originalism and textualism — close readings of laws and the Constitution to adhere to the intent and words of the authors — into the mainstream.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 9 Mar. 2023
• Barrett has condemned as a canard the widespread view that textualism is literalism.
  — Ed Whelan, National Review, 1 Oct. 2020
• In different but complementary ways, the two justices argued that Alito’s adherence to textualism is a sham.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
• This is a man who really cares very deeply about the traditional judicial role, originalism, textualism.
  — WSJ, 10 Apr. 2017
• In trashing that bargain, Hawley also decried the idea that Gorsuch's decision represented originalism and textualism, both of which have been the guiding lights of the conservatives seeking to reclaim the Supreme Court.
  — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 16 June 2020
• Gorsuch’s textualist ruling was denounced by some of his conservative colleagues on the court as textualism flying under a pirate flag.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2021
• Kavanaugh has historically applied principles of textualism – judging cases by the strict meaning of the law as-written – and originalism to cases.
  — Abigail Simon, Time, 3 July 2018
• In their briefs, conservative groups will advance theories of judging known as textualism and originalism.
  — Paul M. Collins, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2020
• The outcome may hinge on Justice Gorsuch, who portrayed himself as caught between a commitment to textualism and an aversion to judicial intervention in legislative matters.
  — The Economist, 8 Oct. 2019
• There are those in the conservative legal movement who genuinely think that originalism and textualism are the most reliable and most value-neutral way to interpret the Constitution and read federal statutes.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2021
• Her record, both as a judge and in her earlier career as a distinguished law professor at Notre Dame, shows both her profound commitment to Justice Scalia’s principles of textualism and originalism and her stellar ability to implement them.
  — Ed Whelan, National Review, 1 Oct. 2020
• Originalism and textualism aim to wield historical rigor to help constrain judges to follow rules written by the people’s representatives.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
• Judge Kavanaugh considers textualism to be an important restraint on judges that prevents them from imposing their policy preferences.
  — David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman, WSJ, 9 July 2018
• Justice Scalia championed textualism and originalism, the judicial philosophy that legal interpretation begins and ends with the text of the law and its original meaning.
  — Tod Worner, National Review, 25 Oct. 2020
• Kavanaugh has historically applied principles of textualism and originalism to cases — legal traditions that advocate for an interpretation of the Constitution based on the meaning that the text would have had at the time it was written.
  — Abigail Simon, Time, 10 July 2018
• The precepts of originalism and textualism reinforce the Straussian focus on foundation texts, the timeless universality of frozen language, and moral dissipation.
  — Peter Hammond Schwartz, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2021
• During the arguments in October, court watchers paid attention to Justice Neil Gorsuch, who ascribes to the judicial philosophy of originalism and textualism.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2020
• More than any president in living memory, President Trump selected nominees for the federal bench based on their commitment to originalism and textualism.
  — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2020
• Many of the court's conservatives have adopted a different view, vowing adherence to originalism and textualism which resists evolution in interpretation based on changing circumstances in society and the law.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2022
• Nobody was more identified with the argument than Scalia, who advanced it relentlessly in constitutional law and equally insistently under the label of textualism in approaching statutory law.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 23 Mar. 2022
• In addition to using originalism to interpret the Constitution, Gorsuch promotes adoption of its close relative, textualism, to interpret statutes.
  — Leslie Southwick, National Review, 17 Sep. 2019
• But that didn't matter, according to Gorsuch's theory of statutory interpretation, known as textualism.
  — Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• What’s the difference between originalism and textualism?
  — Ilan Wurman, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2020

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