jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 13 days agoSotomayor rips Thomas’s bump stocks ruling in scathing dissent read from benchthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down15
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minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·13 days agoOriginalism is the legal equivalent of people picking and choosing single sentences out of religious texts out of context.
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 days agoThe term makes sense if you understand it is referring to the how the interpretation of the Constitution is brand new (“original”) for each judgement.
Originalism is the legal equivalent of people picking and choosing single sentences out of religious texts out of context.
The term makes sense if you understand it is referring to the how the interpretation of the Constitution is brand new (“original”) for each judgement.