TY  - BOOK
AU  - Breyer,Stephen G.
ED  - Simon and Schuster, Inc.,
TI  - Reading the Constitution: why I chose pragmatism, not textualism 
SN  - 9781668021538
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitution
KW  - Supreme Court
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Constitutional history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-321) and index; Preface: My way.  (Part I: Purpose vs. textualism): Purpose-based approaches -- The textualist approach.  (Part II: Interpreting statutory law): The traditional use of text and purpose -- The text/purpose divide -- Static or dynamic? -- Consequences -- Legislative history -- Constitutional values -- Resolving the text/purpose tension -- Why judges should consider purposes: a summary.  (Part III: Interpreting the Constitution): The Constitution -- The traditional approach to constitutional interpretation -- Constitutional textualism -- When the text runs out: the limits of constitutional textualism -- Legal stability: stare decisis.  (Part IV: Why values, purposes, and workability provide a better way to interpret the Constitution): Workability: history and practical experience -- Workability: deciding where values conflict -- Workability: direct application of basic values.  (Part V: Paradigm shifts on the court): Three paradigm shifts -- Are we undergoing the next paradigm shift?  Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Notes -- Index
N2  - An analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution
ER  -