Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who is original.
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- noun One who has, or tends to have,
original ideas. - noun One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
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Examples
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But unless a future originalist is heard on the issue, the “living Constitutionalists” will be deciding cases about tasty desserts while allowing Congress to enact every sort of abridgement of “speech”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and Linguistic Questions 2010
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How come conservatives invariably -- I'm not saying always -- reach "originalist" - based decisions that are continually consistent with their conservative beliefs?
Earl Pomerantz: Musings on The Supreme Court at The End of The Session 2008
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Bork, the so-called originalist, is more than willing to repeal the Ninth Amendment by judicial fiat.
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But there's a so-called originalist on the Court and he's a fan of the Cornhuskers, the Dallas Cowboys and Nascar.
"Clarence Thomas leaps from his chair. He retrieves a wire coat hanger from his closet...." Ann Althouse 2008
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The dominant theory of interpretation and inevitably application of the Constitution is called originalist and within conservative thought, the judicial form of government has strayed from significantly in the last century.
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The dominant theory of interpretation and inevitably application of the Constitution is called originalist and within conservative thought, the judicial form of government has strayed from significantly in the last century.
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The dominant [[exegesis]] of the Constitution by judges is called originalist,
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The dominant theory of interpretation and inevitably application of the Constitution is called originalist and within conservative thought, the judicial form of government has strayed from significantly in the last century.
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The dominant exegesis of the Constitution by judges is called originalist, retaining many of the same qualities as a historical-critical method of interpreting any document like the
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The and inevitably application of the Constitution is called originalist and withinc onservative thought, the judicial form of government has strayed from significantly in the last century.
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In overturning Roe, the Court bolstered not only the anti-abortion movement but also the conservative legal movement—an effort associated with the Federalist Society, which, since its founding, in 1982, has promoted an “originalist” jurisprudence based on narrow readings of the Constitution.
Justice Alito’s Crusade Against a Secular America Isn’t Over Condé Nast 2022
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