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The Supreme Court's originalists have taken over − here's how they interpret the Constitution

  • Written by Whitley R.P. Kaufman, Professor of Philosophy, UMass Lowell
imageJustices who follow originalism dominate in the U.S. Supreme Court.Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Today a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices are either self-described originalists or strongly lean toward originalism. Yet less than 50 years ago, originalism was considered a fringe movement, hardly taken seriously by most legal scholars....

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