Topic: courts are not authorized to rewrite a statute because they… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 78 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 Badaracco v. Commissioner.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Badaracco v. Commissioner Anchor
scotus · 1984
green “courts are not authorized to rewrite a statute because they might deem its effects susceptible of improvement.” 56
2 Blount v. Rizzi
scotus · 1971
green “it is for congress, not this court, to rewrite the statute.” 19
3 Blount v. Rizzi
scotus · 1971
green “it is for congress, not this court, to rewrite the statute” 3

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