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How Originalism Went From 'Fringe' Theory To Supreme Court Credo
· 18 min · Episode 2
Episode How Originalism Went From 'Fringe' Theory To Supreme Court Credo
On today's episode of Supreme Court Brief from Law.com, host Jimmy Hoover breaks down the Supreme Court's Wednesday oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, involving a major challenge to the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act cases.
Jimmy explains why, following Wednesday's hearing, the Supreme Court's conservative majority now seems poised to strike a significant blow to minority voting districts by narrowing a key provision of the landmark 1965 law.
Today's guest is conservative legal commentator and law professor Josh Blackman, who discusses his latest project as senior editor of the third edition of the Heritage Guide to the Constitution, which purports to supply an originalist understanding on the entirety of the U.S. Constitution.
Blackman charts the rise of originalism—a method of interpreting the Constitution as it was understood at the country's founding—from a little known legal theory to the dominant form of constitutional interpretation practiced by the Supreme Court today.
Host: Jimmy Hoover
Guest: Josh Blackman
Producer: Charles Garnar
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