Justice Scalia’s Approach to Textualism in White-Collar Law

March 2, 2016  |  New York Law Journal

The late Justice Antonin Scalia was the leading expositor of textualist methodology over the last several decades. Whatever one’s view of textualism and of Justice Scalia, every judge and lawyer (for the government and the defense) must now reckon with the precise language of the statute at issue and be prepared to analyze the relevant words of the statute in context. In light of Justice Scalia’s recent death and the ongoing debate over his judicial philosophy, this article reflects upon the Justice’s influence on the interpretation of white-collar statutes and highlights the significant impact of his textualist approach.

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