If a court does go behind the plain meaning of the words in a statute, should the search for meaning include a review of legislative history? The view of justice Scalia on this point is very much minority view, at least officially. Nevertheless, it point out the controversy, and the uncertainty, that surrounds this issue, and this,in turn, provides another difficulty a lawyer trying to argue the law. Not only must one know all the various, and contradictory, interpretations of legislative history that may be available for use; he or she must also know whether the judges in the case find any use of legislative history reliable in the first place.