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116 Harv. L. Rev. 2387 (2002-2003)
The Absurdity Doctrine

handle is hein.journals/hlr116 and id is 2415 raw text is: THE ABSURDITY DOCTRINE John F. Manning TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ABSURDITY AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT................................................................................ 2393 A. The Absurdity Doctrine and Strong Intentionalism...................................................... 2395 B. Textualism and Intent Skepticism ............................................................................... 2408 C. Textualism and the Absurdity Doctrine .......................................................................... 2419 II. THE ABSURDITY DOCTRINE AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE......................... 2431 A. Original Structural Inferences ......................................................................................... 2434 B. The Absurdity Doctrine and Modern Rationality Review ........................................... 2446 III. ALTERNATIVES TO THE ABSURDITY DOCTRINE .............................................................. 2454 A. M odern Textual Interpretation......................................................................................... 2456 i. Statutory Language in Context ................................................................................... 2458 2. Background Conventions and the Text...................................................................... 2465 B . C onstitutional N orm s........................................................................................................ 2476 IV . C O N C LU SIO N ..........................................................................................................................2485 2387