In the United States, strict constructionism is a particular legal philosophy of judicial interpretation that limits or restricts the powers of the federal...

Constructionism may refer to Constructionism (learning theory), an educational philosophy developed by Seymour Papert Social constructionism, a theory...

context of current times. Originalism should not be confused with strict constructionism. Contemporary originalism emerged during the 1980s and greatly influenced...

with minimalism Literalism (music), a method of composing music Strict constructionism (constitutional literalism) Literal (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

fundamental constitutional right, the court may apply the strict scrutiny standard. Strict scrutiny holds the challenged law as presumptively invalid...

Strict constructionism is often misused by laypersons and critics as a synonym for textualism. Nevertheless, although a textualist could be a strict constructionist...

dictionary. Literal may refer to: Interpretation of legal concepts: Strict constructionism The plain meaning rule (a.k.a. "literal rule") Literal (mathematical...

Nullifier Party was a states' rights, pro-slavery party that supported strict constructionism with regards to the U.S. government's enumerated powers, holding...

decisive factor in single-issue politics; another might be support of strict constructionism. Defenders of litmus tests argue that some issues are so important...

principle in an earlier case to guide their judgment in a current case. Strict constructionism involves judges interpreting the text only as it was written; once...