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Mike Thompson: “And if there is a phrase or a couple of words within that provision that our friends think may in some way be ambiguous…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1995
And if there is a phrase or a couple of words within that provision that our friends think may in some way be ambiguous in interpreting another section or another phrase in another section of the statute, would still not section 625 be the ruling section as far as what judicial review is? It is a judicial review question we are concerned with here, is it not?
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing judicial review in relation to statutory interpretation.

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