Legislative Rhetoric, or How to Oppose Anything
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Legislative Rhetoric, or How to Oppose Anything
Date Written: October 28, 2011
Abstract
This installment of the column involves a change of focus. Instead of looking at the end of the legislative process – how courts interpret enacted statutes – this installment looks at the phase at which bills are enacted by or defeated in the legislature. However, the two phases have underlying similarities. As we will see, arguments used in legislative advocacy have counterparts in statutory interpretation advocacy. Our topic is particularly timely. Proposals to revise state and local tax statutes are always with us, of course, but recent budgetary stresses have increased both the number and significance of those proposals.
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