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iiclr-17684	Vaughn, Robert G.	A Comparative Analysis of the Influence of Legislative History on Judicial Decision-Making and Legislation	1996	62	.pdf	application/pdf	32805	1787	54	Comparative Analysis of the Influence of Legislative History on Judicial Decision-Making and Legislation, A A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF LEGISLATIVE HISTORY ON JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING AND LEGISLATION Robert G. Vaughn* I. INTRODUCTION Recent Supreme Court opinions often attack the use of legislative history in the interpretation of statutes.' E.g., Stuart, 489 U.S. at 371-73 (Justice Scalia's comments on the primacy of the words of the statute enacted by Congress); Public Citizen, 491 U.S. at 470 (Kennedy, J., concurring) (arguing that the plain language of the statute should control unless the result is absurd); Kenneth W. Starr, Observations about the Use of Legislative History, 1987 DUKE L. J. 371, 374 (expressing reservations about the use of legislative history). IND. INT'L & COMP.	cache/iiclr-17684.pdf	txt/iiclr-17684.txt