constitutional avoidance doctrine
GPTKB entity
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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| gptkbp:alternativeName |
doctrine of constitutional avoidance
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:citation |
Supreme Court decisions
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
constitutional avoidance doctrine
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| gptkbp:originatedIn |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_jurisprudence
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| gptkbp:principle |
if a case can be resolved on non-constitutional grounds, courts should do so
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| gptkbp:purpose |
avoid ruling on constitutional questions unnecessarily
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
judicial restraint
statutory interpretation |
| gptkbp:usedBy |
courts
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Ashwander_rules
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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