In Oklahoma Reservation Case, Supreme Court Affirms The Law Means What It Says
The law does not come from polls, it comes from statutes. Textualism is correct not because it is conservative or liberal, but because it is true.
Now That The Supreme Court Isn’t Their Puppet, Liberals Want To Destroy It
What they were able to do to the Constitution implicitly through the courts, many progressives are now calling to be done externally at the expense of the judiciary’s independence.
No, Kavanaugh’s Judicial Originalism Is Not A Pretext For Racism And Sexism
The flawed argument boils down to the idea that the ‘original’ intent of the founding fathers doesn’t matter, because they were imperfect people.
What This Term’s SCOTUS Decisions Reveal About Neil Gorsuch
On the cases with less political valence the justices can ‘nerd out’ on legal theories and reveal their jurisprudential minds when they know their decisions won’t make the front pages.
The Left Brought On The Nuclear Option By Making Judges Political
Eliminating the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees was the natural culmination of a tit-for-tat escalation by both parties. The brinksmanship is all symptomatic of a much larger problem.
What Happens When An Originalist, Textualist, And Evolutionist Walk Into A Courtroom
During Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings senators and commenters are batting around words like ‘textualist,’ ‘originalist,’ and ‘evolutionist.’ Here’s an illustration.
Why Judges Should Forget About Finding Legislative Intent
Once I had the opportunity to serve in the Wisconsin legislature I realized just how severely flawed is the idea of looking to legislative history for guidance in statutory interpretation.
An Inspiring Story Of How Affirming Textualism Rescued An Industry
The Supreme Court justices considering King v. Burwell’s Obamacare case should take note of this famous example of textualism’s merits.
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