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Against Constitutional Originalism

A Historical Critique
  • Jonathan Gienapp
2024
Yale University Press

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  • Collage of the American flag and the preamble to the Constitution.
    Forum

    The Historical Challenge to Originalism

    Jonathan Gienapp's attack on originalism deserves a serious response.
    by John O. McGinnis, Aaron N. Coleman, Mike Rappaport via Law & Liberty on January 16, 2025
  • Illustration of the Constitution, with the hand of a Founder writing with a feather, and the other side a 21st century hand writing with a pen.
    Book Review

    The Supreme Court’s Originalists Are Fundamentally Wrong About History

    The Founders didn’t believe the Constitution had a fixed meaning. So why do so many of the justices?
    by Andrew Lanham via The New Republic on October 7, 2024
  • U.S. Constitution
    Book Review

    This Book Could Change the Way Conservatives Read the Constitution

    “Against Constitutional Originalism” by historian Jonathan Gienapp could fundamentally reorient how we understand America’s founding.
    by Cass R. Sunstein via Washington Post on September 25, 2024
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