constitutional avoidance

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Doctrine allowing courts to avoid constitutional questions when possible

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David BernardCalifornia First District Court of Appeal · 1DCA Division 5 Oral Argument - 2026/09/18 - Sep 18, 2026 · 1:05:17 · 4d ago
…Finally, I want to address what what I understood at at the end there to be an argument of constitutional…
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Jason BezosCalifornia First District Court of Appeal · 1DCA Division 4 Oral Argument - 2025/09/25 - Sep 25, 2025 · 4:23:56 · 25 Sep
…In doing so, the trial court applied the well-established principle established by the California Supreme Court that a statute should be interpreted to avoid serious constitutional questions if such an interpretation is fairly possible.…
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Elena KaganSupreme Court of the United States · United States v. Briggs (19-108) · 47:09 · Oct 2020
…On the opposite side is the canon of constitutional avoidance.…
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UnknownSupreme Court of the United States · United States v. Sineneng-Smith (19-67) · 0:42 · Feb 2020
…Interpreting this law to be unconstitutionally overbroad would deviate from……
UnknownSupreme Court of the United States · Artis v. District of Columbia (16-460) · 48:22 · Nov 2017
…We're not trying to undermine them, but first of all,……
UnknownSupreme Court of the United States · Jennings v. Rodriguez (15-1204rearg) · 52:35 · Oct 2017
…Um suppose we reject your constitutional avoidance question.…
Sonia SotomayorSupreme Court of the United States · Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. (16-605) · 21:52 · Apr 2017
…Yes.…
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