Originalism
The Overly Important Supreme Court
At USA Today, Glenn Reynolds: Ginsburg flap shows Supreme Court, justices are too important. From the introduction: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died, and the country — or at least its political class — is descending into what will no doubt be a multi-week screaming...
A Response from Michael Dorf & Martin Lederman on Originalism and Natural Born Citizens
At Dorf on Law, Michael C. Dorf & Martin S. Lederman: What is Nonoriginalism? A Response to Professor Ramsey’s Misunderstanding of our Analysis of the Natural Born Citizen Clause. From the introduction: Earlier this month, Chapman law professor John Eastman wrote...
Originalism Is Our Law (At Least When It Suits Us)
Via Neil Siegel at Balkinization, 40 law professors have signed a letter concluding that Senator Kamala Harris is a natural born citizen and thus eligible for the presidency and the vice-presidency. The letter’s argument generally parallels my thoughts on the...
Originalism and the Impeachment Hearings (so far)
Apparently the law professors’ testimony in the impeachment hearings last week had a fair bit of originalist-oriented discussion. Michael Dorf and Saul Cornell have different views on whether that’s appropriate for (presumably) non-originalist scholars. ...