originalist
Americannoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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The late Justice Antonin Scalia was the doctrine’s pioneer, and its current torchbearer is Thomas, who is steeped in the academic literature that underpins originalist theory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Jed Shugerman: There is no way a principled originalist can reconcile Slaughter and Cook, but let me try to give the best account for this.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
These conventions molded the Reconstruction amendments in ways that originalist jurisprudence ignores.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
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
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
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