IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
In our era, in which theories of interpretation abound, and some argue that the search for authorial intent resembles jousting at windmills, the courts frequently are called upon to enforce laws of disputed meaning. Armed only with text, legislative history, and the canons of statutory construction, a judge must ascertain what Congress intended the law to be. In this quest, we are mindful of the words of Learned Hand: "[I]t is one...
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