Things to Read (2/9/26)

Interpretive Theory and the YLJ Executive Power collection

Are There Any Substantive Canons of Interpretation? by Charlie Capps. The latest ambitious and thought-provoking interpretation paper from an up and coming constitutional scholar. (I would answer the titular question, “yes,” at least a few, whether we like it or not . . . but you should read the paper and make up your own mind.)

Choices in Interpretation, by Francisco Urbina. Another hot new paper in interpretive theory. But I still think The Law of Interpretation is a better frame here than “choice,” Part III.E notwithstanding.

The Power To Impose a Method, by Tara Grove. Very interesting discussion of the power of the Supreme Court to make law (or as-if law) by judicial decision, with implications well beyond method, if I read her correctly.

And my latest, with Sam Bray, When The Executive Has Unclean Hands, is now live in the Yale Law Journal Forum. It’s part of a collection along with Prakash, Too Unitary, and Cuellar, The New Presidential Adjudication — both of which are very much worth reading!

And here’s a little feature on me and Sam about our writing of the piece.