So it's much to the Chief Justice's credit that he so clearly spelled out how the law's history, structure, and goals worked in tandem with its text to illuminate the meaning of the provision at issue.
Thomas asserted that the Court's duty in this instance to "defer to the President's understanding of the provision at issue" is made even more acute by the fact that he is acting pursuant to his authority as Commander-in-Chief.
Instead, Chief Justice Roberts gave an unqualified win to the Administration, holding that it was the Court's responsibility to "determine the correct reading" of the provision at issue, and that the law requires that the challenged tax credits be available nationwide.
In summary, Purdy's discussion of the meaning of the constitutional provision at issue in Kelo is an extended exercise in question-begging.
The key tax provision at issue was part of legislation aimed at modernizing the infrastructure of the aviation industry.
In determining a question arising in connection with the carrying out of any of the Commissioner's functions, the Commissioner must take into account a provision of a document issued under section 176(3) if— (a) the question relates to a time when the provision was in force, and (b) the provision appears to the Commissioner to be relevant to the question.
By Chief Justice Rehnquist In the present case, the statutory provision at issue governs detention of deportable criminal aliens pending their removal proceedings.
The provision at issue -- one of the few gender-based federal laws still on the books -- makes it harder for fathers than for mothers to transmit their United States citizenship to out-of-wedlock children born overseas.
The provision at issue is part of a larger rule that permits supplement manufacturers to market products for conditions associated with natural stages of life, like memory loss due to aging, and acne in adolescence.
"I don't know why they call this statute 'Laundering of Monetary Instruments,' " Justice Stephen G. Breyer, referring to the set of provisions at issue.
And the provision of a standard-issue black plastic doorbell is one of these standards.
