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- noun Plural form of
originalist .
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Examples
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For Alito, Scalia, and Thomas are "originalists" -- justices who claim that it is not previous Supreme Court precedent that should govern, but instead the intentions and understanding of those who drafted the Constitution (and its amendments).
Carl Pope: Did Thomas Jefferson Think Corporations Were People? 2009
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Randy Barnett, who claims to be a so-called originalists wants to use the 9th Amendment which says “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” as a reason to create a “presumption of liberty.”
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He offers no neat, pat, "grand view of law," as he puts it, no "all-encompassing theory" to match that of so-called originalists like Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas.
Jeff Shesol: Evolving Circumstances, Enduring Values Jeff Shesol 2010
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He offers no neat, pat, "grand view of law," as he puts it, no "all-encompassing theory" to match that of so-called originalists like Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas.
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He offers no neat, pat, "grand view of law," as he puts it, no "all-encompassing theory" to match that of so-called originalists like Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas.
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He offers no neat, pat, "grand view of law," as he puts it, no "all-encompassing theory" to match that of so-called originalists like Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas.
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The so-called originalists on the present Supreme Court, Justices Scalia and Thomas and the late Chief Justice Rehnquist, sometimes act consistently with this view.
Balkinization 2007
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Many of you regard yourselves as "originalists" when it comes to interpreting the Constitution, accepting the notion that our Founding Fathers knew what they were doing when they created our most sacred document.
Michael Janofsky: A Few Questions for the Tea Party Michael Janofsky 2010
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Many of you regard yourselves as "originalists" when it comes to interpreting the Constitution, accepting the notion that our Founding Fathers knew what they were doing when they created our most sacred document.
Michael Janofsky: A Few Questions for the Tea Party Michael Janofsky 2010
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Many of you regard yourselves as "originalists" when it comes to interpreting the Constitution, accepting the notion that our Founding Fathers knew what they were doing when they created our most sacred document.
Michael Janofsky: A Few Questions for the Tea Party Michael Janofsky 2010
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