Legislative Intent Legislative intent -- as always -- is the polestar that guides a court's inquiry into the provisions of the Florida Election Code.
"Legislative intent is the polestar of statutory construction," Mr. Gonzales wrote in the 2000 abortion case.
Legislative intent is important.
The industry's regulated nature is rooted in good intentions, but is starting to show signs of confounding the original legislative intent -- that of prompting companies to compete and serve markets in efficient and fair ways.
So in my read the legislative intent of AB 32, which extended for decades onward, actually made new legislation unnecessary.
"And this was not their legislative intent".
operations, which seems to go beyond the legislative intent.
The words of the statute should always prevail, Scalia believes, over "unenacted legislative intent".
(This experience may account for some of Sotomayor's sensitivity to legislative intent).
The canons, the authors say, are "background principles of assumed legislative intent".
They point out, though, that legislative intent is also a significant factor in interpreting laws.
