originalist

American  

[uh-rij-uhn-uhl-ist] / əˈrɪdʒ ən əl ɪst /

noun

1. U.S., Law. a person who supports or is guided by originalism.

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adjective

1. U.S., Law. supporting, arising from, or relating to originalism.

Example Sentences

The past year has produced an explosion of originalist scholarship on both sides.

From The Wall Street Journal

The justices are now in a good position to decide which side has presented the stronger originalist case.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such was the power of conventional wisdom before sustained originalist scholarship was done.

From The Wall Street Journal

After originalist scholars reopened the Second Amendment, the court endorsed the individual-rights view in Heller v.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet The Nation’s Elie Mystal noticed something unusual about the publication date of Alito’s forthcoming doorstopper “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and the Country.”

From Salon