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The Modern History of Originalism

We the People

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The Paradox of Originalist Arguments

Sharif: Is Justice Thomas saying that if the meaning is clear we just don't have to look to history at all because the meaning should be obvious? He says it's possible things could end up that way. Sharif: The presence of these disagreements can count as a point against one of the arguments for originalism. But whether it does or how much of a point against originalism it provides, it's always a comparative question.

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