On Originalism and Textualism
At Bloomberg, Noah Feldman:ย Scaliaโs Ghost Is Haunting Conservative Justices.ย From the introduction: Three conservative Supreme Court justices declared this month that the Constitution should be read to give state legislatures unlimited control of electoral...
Lawrence Solum on Constitutional Principles
At Legal Theory Blog,ย Legal Theory Lexicon: Principles in Constitutional Theory.ย From the introduction: When studying constitutional law, students are likely to be exposed to the idea that interpretation of the United States Constitution may include reference to what...
The Original Originalist: Tuckerโs View of the Constitution
St. George Tuckerโs View of the Constitution of the United States was the first extended, systematic commentary on the Constitution after it had been ratified by the people of the several states and amended by the Bill of Rights. It made the case for strictly limited...