Tag: Originalism

Why The Supreme Court Embraces Originalism, A Racist Legal Theory

Ifyou see the world through rose-colored glasses, you're likely to believe that the world is inherently just, which is a problem when you're sitting on the highest judicial body in America, the Supreme Court. Since 1789, when Congress established the court, justices have been taske...

The US Supreme Court’s Originalism Threatens the Constitution

“This approach will now be parsed and followed by judges all across the country, forced to play as amateur historians, looking for analogies,” the Brennan Center’s Michael Waldman writes of Justice Clarence Thomas’s opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol ...

Why The Supreme Court Embraces Originalism, A Racist Legal Theory

Ifyou see the world through rose-colored glasses, you're likely to believe that the world is inherently just, which is a problem when you're sitting on the highest judicial body in America, the Supreme Court. Since 1789, when Congress established the court, justices have been taske...