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When constructing federal statutes is it proper for a judge to consider anything in the Congressional Record or Congressional Committee reports to see what the lawmakers said about the law before it was signed into law by the President? Why?

Capstone Seminar for BS in Criminal Justice CJBS 415 1. According to Frankfurter’s guidelines for constructing statutes, why should a judge be extremely reluctant to ever declare any law unconstitutional? 2. According to Frankfurter, when constructing federal statutes is it proper for a judge to consider anything in the Congressional Record or Congressional Committee reports […]