Tag: politics

  • The Absurdities of Originalism

    The Absurdities of Originalism

    The dissenting opinions on the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship ruling reveal the “originalist” view of law as a facade for making things up. So over the past few days, since the Supreme Court’s Trump v Barbara ruling reaffirmed the constitutionality of birthright citizenship by reading the 14th Amendment again (but slowly), you may have seen some quotes…