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Originalism: What it is, what it isn’t and why it’s the most democratic option for the Supreme Court

The Conversation 28 September 2026 4h ago
Originalism: What it is, what it isn’t and why it’s the most democratic option for the Supreme Court
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A majority of Supreme Court justices follow originalism, the mode of constitutional interpretation championed by late Justice Antonin Scalia. A former Scalia law clerk explains what originalism means.
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