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Textualist

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tex·tu·al·ism  (tksch--lzm)
n.
1. Strict adherence to a text, especially of the Scriptures.
2. Textual criticism, especially of the Scriptures.

textu·al·ist n.


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The textualist approach in Whitley, however, leaves untouched a problematic statute that, although clear on its face, no one thinks is quite so clear in its application.
CONSTITUTIONAL INDEXICALS AS A BASIS FOR TEXTUALIST SEMI-ORIGINALISM A.
He also finds that textualism tended to lead to negative citations that distinguished or declined to apply Supreme Court holdings, thus casting some doubt on the clarity and value of textualist interpretive methods.
 
 
 
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