Clear Statements

Discussing civil litigation and the modern regulatory and statutory state

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Justice Jackson reignites the interpretation wars, adding to textualism’s emerging cracks

ByAbbe R. Gluck/Jul 7, 2026

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State and federal courts jockey for power in the Roundup case and other mass public harms

ByAbbe R. Gluck/May 1, 2026

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Legislative history lives on – in secret

ByAbbe R. Gluck/Apr 9, 2026

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The major debate over major questions in the tariffs decision is only the beginning

ByAbbe R. Gluck/Feb 27, 2026

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When rules of statutory interpretation change midstream

ByAbbe R. Gluck/Dec 9, 2025

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In tariff cases, verbs rather than major pronouncements about presidential power give the court the off-ramp it’s looking for

ByAbbe R. Gluck/Nov 7, 2025

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A year after Loper Bright: textualism, shadow Skidmore, and a new major questions exception

ByAbbe R. Gluck/Oct 16, 2025