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Justice Alito’s “practical originalism” confirms what I’ve expressed in books, articles, and blog posts for decades: originalism is a political label not a serious theory of constitutional interpretation. Sadly, in our culture, labels have immense political power: www.wsj.com/opinion/just...
Opinion | Justice Samuel Alito: ‘Practical Originalism’ and Its Facile CriticsHe explains his interpretive method and defends it against a hostile biographer—and his high-school English teacher.www.wsj.com