A 2013 Stanford Law Review study co-authored by Lisa Bressman, Vice Dean and David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair at Vanderbilt Law School, was cited by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her concurrence in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump.
Justice Jackson cited the study “Statutory Interpretation from the Inside: An Empirical Study of Congressional Drafting, Delegation, and the Canons, Part 1” in her concurrence, in which she cites evidence concerning lawmakers’ use of official reports describing legislation to understand the purpose and meaning of statutes.
The first of two articles co-authored with Professor Abbe Gluck of Yale Law School, examines the role that the legislative drafting process should play in statutory interpretation and administrative law. Their findings are based on an empirical survey of 137 congressional counsels drawn from both parties, both chambers of Congress, and multiple committees.