Topic: we do not-we cannot-add provisions to a federal statute. · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Alabama v. North Carolina.

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1 Alabama v. North Carolina Anchor
scotus · 2010
green “we do not-we cannot-add provisions to a federal statute.” 7
2 Midwest Foster Care & Adoption Ass'n v. Kincade
ca8 · 2013
green “finding an enforceable right solely within a purely definitional section is antithetical to requiring unambiguous congressional intent.” 3

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