“Originalism” Means….

In an address last night, Alito reiterated his disgust with the Supreme Court’s “indefensible” decision applying the Civil Rights Act to LGBTQ employees.

But we should definitely trust him that overturning Roe won’t imperil other precedents. https://t.co/T8RNziAr5X pic.twitter.com/8YAGJlOuBe

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) May 13, 2022

...what I want to be found there is ALL that can be found there. And history is the deadest of dead hands, which shall be lifted nevermore! 💀 

Yeah, that’s completely in line with the history and traditions of the common law. I mean, the whole purpose of the common law is to never let things change, right? 

What good is a dead hand if you can lift it? 

In 2003, during the Court's oral arguments on Lawrence v. Texas, Justice Antonin Scalia implied it would be constitutional for states to outlaw masturbation on grounds of "morality." I am not making this up—I was in the press box that day.

— Steven Wishnia (@StevenWishnia) May 13, 2022

Yeah, I don’t have much use for “originalism.” It has all the intellectual integrity of “because I want it that way.”

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