explaining that the plain meaning rule of statutory interpretation and its limited exceptions restrict the policy predilections of judges who are charged with enforcing legislative decrees rather than their independent political perspectives
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- explaining that the plain meaning rule of statutory interpretation and its limited exceptions restrict the policy predilections of judges who are charged with enforcing legislative decrees rather than their independent political perspectives
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The opinion
NEWSOM, Circuit Judge, concurring:
I concur in the judgment, and I join in the Court's opinion except for footnotes 4 and 5, which seem to me unnecessary to the resolution of the case.