“The People v. Originalism” with Madiba K. Dennie

Thanks to a 6-3 MAGA majority, Originalism is now your religion, whether you like it or not. Here's how we take our freedom back.

Madiba K. Dennie has done the impossible in her new book. 

The Originalism Trap tells the history of the conservative legal movement kicking freedom’s ass. Dennie deftly describes how this once-mocked doctrine now dominates our highest court and tens of millions of uteri–and may do so for the rest of our lives. Yet she manages to leave you with some optimism.

This MAGA majority, perhaps more than any other Supreme Court majority in US history, is dominated by pious defenders of your right to practice their religion. And that religion is Originalism.

And since this trap is now your religion, you should know where it came from, what it’s after, and how we escape it. And the perfect person to explain all this is Madiba K. Dennie.

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