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16. "Originalist" and "Textualist" are basically scams....

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 11:19 AM

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... this yet again shows that to be the case.

The only reason "originalists" are originalists is that we have progressed since the origin, so the "origin" is more amenable to being contorted to what they desire.

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