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Against Constitutional Originalism
A Historical Critique
Jonathan Gienapp
2024
Yale University Press
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The Historical Challenge to Originalism
Jonathan Gienapp's attack on originalism deserves a serious response.
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John O. McGinnis
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Aaron N. Coleman
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Mike Rappaport
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Law & Liberty
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January 16, 2025
Book Review
The Supreme Court’s Originalists Are Fundamentally Wrong About History
The Founders didn’t believe the Constitution had a fixed meaning. So why do so many of the justices?
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Andrew Lanham
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The New Republic
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October 7, 2024
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This Book Could Change the Way Conservatives Read the Constitution
“Against Constitutional Originalism” by historian Jonathan Gienapp could fundamentally reorient how we understand America’s founding.
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Cass R. Sunstein
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Washington Post
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September 25, 2024