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Originalism and Other Legal Formalistic Frameworks
A large part of originalism is sort of ascribing sacredness to what are, in reality, fairly novel conceptions of how to interpret the constitution. The process of ripping a clear meaning for a constitutional provision out of the pages of history is about as far from measurable science as you're ever going to get. It's just something that retisis not applied consistently by a single person.