originalist
Americannoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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As the late Justice Antonin Scalia stressed, legislative floor explanations are weak evidence for the core originalist question: How would a contemporary informed reader interpret the words as enacted?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Such was the power of conventional wisdom before sustained originalist scholarship was done.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
It left me to wonder if being a baseball traditionalist makes me the equivalent of a Supreme Court Justice originalist, or just old and cranky?
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2025
Is this a fair and correct and originalist reading of what the Framers were attempting to do?
From Slate • Aug. 7, 2024
But in characterizing originalism as a “trap” and situating it historically, Dennie's analysis cuts deeper into the harm caused by originalist doctrine, without sacrificing nuance, rigor or scope.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024
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