Careful reading of the statute’s words is the primary interpretive discipline.

Evidence

It was with this in mind that Justice Felix Frankfurter offered his famous three-step guide to statutory interpretation: (1) read the statute; (2) read the statute; (3) read the statute! — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2447

Categorization

• CANDY: Frankfurter’s thrice-repeated ‘read the statute’ is a punchy, quotable line that lands in any elevator conversation about how judges work.
• SHARE: A one-liner any law-nerd friend taking a con-law or legislation course would immediately appreciate and reuse.