Fixed Constitutional Meaning and Other Implausible Originalisms
Public-meaning originalists contend that judges properly interpret the Constitution only when they discover and apply its “original public meaning”—how the public understood the Constitution at the time it was adopted. Public-meaning originalism is premised on the “fixation thesis”—the meaning of a...
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BYU ScholarsArchive
2018
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| Online Access: | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7704 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8704&context=etd |