originalist
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- adjective
- /əˈrɪdʒɪnəlɪst/
- Formal
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originalista
- The inclusive meaning of "person" in 1860s state law should thus shape an originalist understanding of the Amendment.
- originalist interpretation
- originalist ground
- originalist argument
Examples
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Many judges adhere to an originalist philosophy, believing that laws should be enforced based on their original text and context.
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No wonder many modern Republicans are so wedded to the "originalist" theory of the Constitution.
Blog text (5) -
"Few originalist traditions will come so well described in the search for original meaning.
Academic text (2005) -
No doubt they and others will continue to make such traditional arguments on behalf of particular originalist views.
Academic text (2017) -
An originalist reading of the Equal Protection Clause will withstand the test of time.
Academic text (2017) -
As voters, this should be our most critical point of focus: ensuring an originalist, strict constructionist majority.
Blog text (26) -
What should the legal status of human beings in utero be under an originalist interpretation of the Constitution?
Academic text (2016) -
In sum, Kennedy addresses originalist concerns in two important and interrelated ways.
Academic text (2010) -
We chose to compare the word "person" because it is the word most crucial to our originalist analysis of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Academic text (2017) -
Indeed, DC v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago, although couched in originalist reasoning, are arguably the culmination, not the beginning, of this conversation.
Academic text (2014)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Originalist comes from original, which is built on origin meaning 'beginning' or 'source', and the part -ist that shows a way of thinking. So, an originalist view treats laws by the meaning they had when they were first written.