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Podcast: Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
Episode: How Originalism Ate the Law: The Trick
Description: Get your tickets for Amicus Live in Washington DC here.In this, the first part of a special series on Amicus and at Slate.com, we are lifting the lid on an old-timey sounding method of constitutional interpretation that has unleashed a revolution in our courts, and an assault on our rights. But originalism’s origins are much more recent than you suppose, and its effects much more widespread than the constitutional earthquakes of overturning settled precedent like Roe v Wade or supercharging gun rights as in Heller and Bruen. Originalism’s aftershocks are being felt throughout the...