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Bucky

(55,334 posts) Thu Oct 15, 2020, 06:03 AM Oct 2020

Saying you're a constitutional originalist is kind of lazy [View all]

You know how four years ago people were saying Donald Trump was a poor man's version of what a rich man would be like? I think originalism is a dumb person's idea of what a smart person would think. It's the Rubik's Cube of judicial philosophy. It's just a trick you learn and people who aren't knowledgeable about how the whole system works are impressed by the fancy finger work and the way the pretty colors all line up.

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Saying you're a constitutional originalist is kind of lazy [View all] Bucky Oct 2020 OP

My brains can't understand what the hell an 'originalist' is. betsuni Oct 2020 #1

It means the little wigged founding father in your head is speaking to you Bucky Oct 2020 #3

Yup it's a crap catch-phrase they latched onto. bullimiami Oct 2020 #7

It is a simple minded BS frame the media indulges Cosmocat Oct 2020 #8

It means legislating the right wing agenda from the bench The Genealogist Oct 2020 #10

seems "originalist" handmade34 Oct 2020 #2

In conservative circles "constitutional originalism" has taken on a semi-religious connotation. sop Oct 2020 #4

Which is hysterical... OldBaldy1701E Oct 2020 #6

It's Not Kind Of Lazy ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #5

always been a bullshit term and indicates the desire to keep americans enslaved to the beachbumbob Oct 2020 #9

Originalist and female or non-white whistler162 Oct 2020 #11

It's a BS repub slogan that actually means nothing... Liberal In Texas Oct 2020 #12

"Constitutional originalist" is a halo pasted over intellectual laziness to make it look better JHB Oct 2020 #13