textualism

Contra Historicist Originalism

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In his exclusive, inaugural piece, Hammer responds to Professor Stephanie Barclay’s recent article about the non-partisan nature of originalism. Hammer claims that Professor Barclay misrepresents the contemporary right-of-center alternatives to originalism and that these emerging strands better represent our Founding philosophy.

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