legislative

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As the late Justice Antonin Scalia stressed, legislative floor explanations are weak evidence for the core originalist question: How would a contemporary informed reader interpret the words as enacted?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Conversations revolved around sunsets and legislative risk, and planning was defensive.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

A Democrat won a heavily Republican state legislative district in Texas in February 2026 with an estimated 79% of the Latino vote.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

The path, in short, is to fix airport lines now by teeing up what later could be the biggest legislative fight of the year.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

Our attempts at procreation took place not in service of important monthly hormonal markers but rather in concert with the Illinois legislative schedule.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama