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To me, the question of Originalism is not so much what the Framers meant by ‘X’ as it is what they intended.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and Linguistic Questions 2010
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The New Originalism is no longer aligned with judicial restraint; rather it's a tool of judicial activism.
Balkinization 2004
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"Originalism" purports to respect the intent of the Framers.
Geoffrey R. Stone: Supreme Imbalance: Why Originalism and Conservative Activism Are Wrong 2008
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"Originalism," by the way, is bullshit which invariably entails writing decisions to existing conclusions, regardless how much of the "law" rationalizing the conclusion must be made up out of thin air.
Balkinization 2007
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"Originalism," he says, "isn't a pillar of our constitutional history.
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Originalism urges us to ask a singular question, one that sounds heroic: What did the revolutionary generation that created the document that we revere, the Constitution of the United States, understand it to mean?
Stephen Breyer's "Making Democracy Work," reviewed by David Fontana David Fontana 2010
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Originalism, as Scalia has described it, means that the Constitution should be interpreted according to what those alive at the time of its drafting thought its words meant.
Stephen Breyer's "Making Democracy Work," reviewed by David Fontana David Fontana 2010
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Originalism, as Scalia has described it, means that the Constitution should be interpreted according to what those alive at the time of its drafting thought its words meant.
Stephen Breyer's "Making Democracy Work," reviewed by David Fontana David Fontana 2010
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Originalism has been manipulated by the right to mask its approach to determining the values enforced by the Constitution.
Dennis A. Henigan: Reading the Constitution: Originalism That Defies History Dennis A. Henigan 2011
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Originalism has been manipulated by the right to mask its approach to determining the values enforced by the Constitution.
Dennis A. Henigan: Reading the Constitution: Originalism That Defies History Dennis A. Henigan 2011
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