originalist
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- noun
- /əˈrɪdʒɪnəlɪst/
- Formal
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originalista
- Most of the criticism has focused on the authors' substantive claim that our law is best described as originalist.
The case has come before Amy Coney Barrett, and Barrett is an originalist.
- The case has come before Amy Coney Barrett, and Barrett is an originalist.
- We're now a majority for the first time do call themselves some flavor of originalist.
Examples
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The answer to that question is that Scalia is a particular kind of originalist.
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So shouldn't an originalist say that the 14th has nothing to say about affirmative action?
Blog text (11) -
Again, the argument is weak: Justice Thomas did not present himself as an originalist.
Academic text (2006) -
Chief Justice Roberts did not present himself as an originalist.
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Justice Alito came closer to presenting himself as an originalist, though it still wasn't considered clear.
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Originalists have delved into the history of the amendments to justify Brown.
Academic text (2017) -
Would he defer to democratic majorities, perhaps siding with Scalia, the constitutional originalist?
Academic text (2011) -
As an originalist, she believes that the Constitution should be interpreted based on the intentions of its framers.
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The judge identified herself as an originalist, arguing that the law should be understood as it was written in the 18th century.
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Many legal scholars consider him to be one of the leading originalists, advocating for a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Originalist comes from original, from origin meaning 'beginning' or 'source', plus the part -ist meaning 'a person who supports'. So, an originalist is a person who supports reading laws as they were meant when first written.