I've decided to have some discussions about interpreting the Constitution. I wouldn't be so presumptuous normally, but we've recently established you don't need judicial, or even legal, experience to do so.
Okay, I make a living being presumptuous. Whatever.
Anyway, I'll be deep in "People of the Word" territory. Knowing this, I thought I'd anchor the discussion with definitions from an impartial (because they got no clue I exist) source.
Originalist? Constructionist? A Confirmation-Hearing Glossary
Darlene Superville
The Associated Press
08-26-2005
When Supreme Court nominee John Roberts takes a seat for his Senate confirmation hearings, viewers in the hearing room and watching on television may find themselves confounded by some unfamiliar legal terms and phrases.
Not an originalist, a strict constructionist or a practitioner of stare decisis? Here are some explanations that may ease the confusion.
Let me know if the definitions aren't acceptable.
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