...post, p. 464; Doe v. Bolton, 410 US 179 (1973); Roe v. Wade, 410 US 113 (1973). Since the Court should "first ascertain whether a construction of the statute is fairly possible by which the [constitutional] question may be avoided," Ashwander v. TV A, 297 US 288, 341, 348 (1936) (Brandeis,...

...validity of an act of the Congress is drawn in question, and even if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court...statute is fairly possible by which the question may be avoided.5° We are of the opinion that such a construction is permissible and should be adopted in...

...is questioned and doubt is raised as to its constitutionality, the majority opinion showed that— It is a cardinal principle that this court will first...fairly possible by which the question may be avoided. We are of the opinion that such a construction is permissible and should be adopted in the instant...

...validity of an act of the Congress is drawn in question, and even if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court...may be avoided." Crowell v. Benson, 285 US 22, 62." 7 Compare Electric Co. v. Dow, 166 US 489; Pierce v. Somerset Ry., 171 US 641, 648; Leonard v. Vicksburg,...

...validity of an act of the Congress is drawn in question, and even if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court...question may be avoided." Crowell v. Benson, 285 US 22, 62.8 7 Compare Electric Co. v. Dow, 166 US 4S9; Pierce v. Somerset Ry., 171 US 641, 648; Leonard v....

...will save the Act. Even to avoid a serious doubt the rule is the same. United States v. Delaware & Hudson Co., 213 US 366, 407, 408. United States v....We are not faced inescapably with the necessity of adjudicating these serious constitutional questions. The obvious or, at the least, the one certain...

...order to avoid that doubt. United States v. Jin Fuey Moy, 241 US 394, 401, 402." Blodgett v. H olden, 275 US 142, 148. " 'When the validity of an act of...We are not faced inescapably with the necessity of adjudicating these serious constitutional questions. The obvious or, at the least, the one certain...

...Alexander, 279 US 573, 577. As phrased by Mr. Chief Justice Hughes, "if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court...may be avoided." Crowell v. Benson, 285 US 22, 62, and cases cited. Opinion of the Court. 345 US needlessly projecting delicate issues for judicial pronouncement...

...Alexander, 279 US 573, 577. As phrased by Mr. Chief Justice Hughes, "if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court...may be avoided." Crowell v. Benson, 285 US 22, 62, and cases cited. Patently, the Court's duty to avoid a constitutional issue if possible applies not...

...separation of powers. The Supreme Court has repeatedly warned 'if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court...fairly possible by which the question may be avoided.' " Indeed, the Court has stated that words may be strained 'in the candid service of avoiding a serious...