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On the recordJune 30, 2010
But was it improper for Justice Scalia to consider dictionary definitions?
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer questions the propriety of Scalia's use of dictionaries in legal interpretation.

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