...1202 (a)(l) is the "cardinal principle" that "if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, . . . this Court will first ascertain whether a construction...fairly possible by which the question may be avoided." Crowell v. Benson, 285 US 22, 62 (1932). Accord, Schneider v. Smith, 390 US 17, 26 (1968); United States...

...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,...

...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 will first...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...

...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 will first...statute is fairly possible by which the question may be avoided.80 We are of the opinion that such a construction is permissible and should be adopted in the...

...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 will first...fairly possible by which the 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.,...

...an Act of Congress is drawn in question, and even if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court will first...fairly possible by which the question may be avoided. P. 461. 3. Section 75 (s) of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, (the new Frazier-Lemke Act) is construed...

...US 283, 287, 288, 21 S. Ct, 648, 45 L. Ed. 862. In passing upon questions of constitutionality, the court will first ascertain whether a construction...fairly possible by which the question may be avoided. As between two possible interpretations of a statute, by one of which it would be unconstitutional...

...show that he is injured by the statute's operation, or who has availed himself of its benefits; or if a construction of the statute is fairly possible by which the question may be avoided.32 Some, if not indeed all, of these rules have found "most varied applications." M And every...

...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 will first...fairly possible by which the question may be avoided." Crowell v. Benson, 285 US 22, 62, and cases cited. Patently, the Court's duty to avoid a constitutional...

...powers. The Supreme Court has repeatedly warned 'if a serious doubt of constitutionality is raised, it is a cardinal principle that this Court will first...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...