Definition of "textualists" [textualists]

• Plural form of textualist. (noun)

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• "The majority opinion of Justice Clarence Thomas was joined by all of the Justices who could plausibly be called textualists, including Chief Justice Roberts."
• "Scalia, Thomas and Rehnquist - and Roberts and Alito in their Circuit Court decisions - use words and terms like "textualists", "judicial restraint" and "stare decisis" when it suits them; when it does not, they assert the Court and the President's rights over the rights of the Congress."
• "Robert: What continues to amaze me is how you "textualists" so blithely invent, whole cloth, connotations which simply aren't present in the text of your ideological opponents."