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13. "Constitutional originalist" is a halo pasted over intellectual laziness to make it look better

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 07:59 AM

Oct 2020

It's a term they came up with (maybe even test-marketed) to make conservative judicial activism sound principled.

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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

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

Which is hysterical... OldBaldy1701E Oct 2020 #6

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

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