25 Aug 2023 10:34 pm
The most conservative scholars use originalism to read the constitution.
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Originalism is a theory of the interpretation of legal texts, including the text of the Constitution. Originalists believe that the constitutional text ought to be given the original public meaning that it would have had at the time that it became law.
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In 1868 the public had just spent four years and 300,000 dead United States solders putting down a rebellion.
The public in 1868 would have imprisoned every false elector and every rebel on January 6 for life, and hung Trump and his gaggle of conspirators as high as Haman.
The meaning of the rebellion and insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment should be clear and certain to every school child in the eighth grade.
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Originalism is a theory of the interpretation of legal texts, including the text of the Constitution. Originalists believe that the constitutional text ought to be given the original public meaning that it would have had at the time that it became law.
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In 1868 the public had just spent four years and 300,000 dead United States solders putting down a rebellion.
The public in 1868 would have imprisoned every false elector and every rebel on January 6 for life, and hung Trump and his gaggle of conspirators as high as Haman.
The meaning of the rebellion and insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment should be clear and certain to every school child in the eighth grade.