Constitutional Originalism Debunked

"Dahlia Lithwick is a lawyer, journalist and best-selling author. She is also the host of Slate’s podcast, Amicus, about the law and the Supreme Court. Dahlia joins Preet to discuss the different methods of constitutional interpretation and how one doctrine in particular has taken over this Supreme Court."

Click on the link below for a podcast exposing the fraud of Constitutional Originalism:

Originalism 101

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"The court has always invoked historical understandings and precedents in its decisions, but its recent calls to history flow from a different source: a longstanding commitment in conservative political and legal circles to “originalism,” the idea that our constitutional rights are defined by—and limited to—whatever the earliest generations of Americans thought the Constitution meant several hundred years ago. So, if it were against the law to go hatless in the late-eighteenth century, hat-wearing would be banned today. Originalism denies the reality that law must change over time as our society changes."

Click on the link below for an article also exposing the made-up concept of Constitutional Originalism:

This Supreme Court’s ‘Originalism’ Doesn’t Have Much to Do with History

Originalism's Racist Roots

Conservatives/Republicans like to talk about the need to interpret the US Constitution according to its "original" intent. Click on the link below to see how such a view obfuscates the truth:

The Conservative Movement’s Favorite Legal Theory Is Rooted in Racism

Judge Kavanaugh And Originalism

"There are clear parallels between originalism and conservative Christianity, including purity, textualism, and sanctimony. Perhaps not coincidentally, many originalist judges are highly and conservatively religious. Scalia believed in a literal devil, Thomas is a devout and conservative Catholic, as are Roberts and Alito. Gorsuch is probably a conservative Episcopalian, a close relation to the Catholic Church. The selective reverence for text above common sense, and in some cases common decency, is perhaps the strongest parallel. But so is the element of heresy. Originalist judges tend to treat other judges like jurisprudential heretics."

Hypocrisy, God, and the Originalism of Judge Kavanaugh