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

And the first reason is the announcement of the justice’s forthcoming memoir, which is pompously titled So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country.

From Slate

But a principled originalist would accept that outcome as the cost of intellectual honesty.

From Slate

For an originalist like Thomas, this interpretation is critical because original meaning overwhelmingly informs contemporary understandings of the Constitution.

From Slate

“That seems less originalist and more situational.”

From Los Angeles Times

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