What Is Originalism, And Why Does It Dominate The U.S. Supreme Court Now?
Source: SAMUEL CORUM / Getty Today a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices are either self-described originalists or strongly lean toward originalism. Yet less than 50 years ago, originalism was considered a fringe movement, hardly taken seriously by most legal scholars. So, what is originalism, and why is it so influential today? Originalism is the…
