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Sep. 12, 2014
Supreme Court justice discusses book at annual State Bar meeting
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, right, and lexicographer Bryan A. Garner sign copies of their 2012 book "Reading the Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts," during the State Bar Annual Meeting on Thursday. During a luncheon talk, the two described and discussed several "canons of construction" used to make sense of legal documents, statutes and constitutions throughout the ages ? many with Latin names. Trading topics and quips, Scalia and Garner also explain...