AshwanderRule
P156044
predicate
Indicates that a court should avoid deciding constitutional questions unnecessarily, resolving cases on narrower, non-constitutional grounds whenever possible.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AshwanderRule canonical | 7 |
Description generation (PDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Predicate: AshwanderRule
Generated description
Indicates that a court should avoid deciding constitutional questions unnecessarily, resolving cases on narrower, non-constitutional grounds whenever possible.
Sample triples (7)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority | The Court will not pass upon the constitutionality of legislation in a friendly, non-adversary proceeding. ⓘ |
| Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority | The Court will not anticipate a question of constitutional law in advance of the necessity of deciding it. ⓘ |
| Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority | The Court will not formulate a rule of constitutional law broader than is required by the precise facts to which it is to be applied. ⓘ |
| Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority | The Court will not pass upon a constitutional question although properly presented by the record if there is also present some other ground upon which the case may be disposed of. ⓘ |
| Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority | The Court will not pass upon the validity of a statute upon complaint of one who fails to show that he is injured by its operation. ⓘ |
| Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority | The Court will not pass upon the constitutionality of a statute at the instance of one who has availed himself of its benefits. ⓘ |
| Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority | When the validity of an act of Congress is drawn in question, and even if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, the Court will first ascertain whether a construction of the statute is fairly possible by which the question may be avoided. ⓘ |