Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts How Originalism Ate The Law: The Trap
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May 11, 2024 Exploring the impact of originalism on the Supreme Court and how it has been used to gut voting rights. The podcast also delves into the challenges faced by lower court judges due to Supreme Court precedent and how originalism has eroded civil rights protections.
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Living The Constitution For A Year
- AJ Jacobs lived a year trying to follow 18th-century constitutional practices, including buying and firing an antique musket.
- He used visceral, humorous experiments (musket, pamphlets, election cakes) to test whether old rules fit modern life.
The Originalism Industrial Complex
- Saul Cornell describes an