How Originalism Ate The Law: What We Can Do About It
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In the third and final part of our How Originalism Ate the Law series, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern are joined by Justice Todd Eddins of the Hawaii Supreme Court and Madiba Dennie, author of The Originalism Trap. Being trapped by originalism is a choice, one that judges, lawyers, and the American people do not have to accede to. Our expert panel offers ideas and action points for pushing back against a mode of constitutional interpretation that has had deadly consequences. And they answer questions from our listeners.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to this, the final part of how originalism ate the law here on Amicus, Slate's podcast about the courts and the law, I am |
| 0:16.2 | Dialithwaite. |
| 0:18.0 | Over the past couple of weeks, here on amicus and at slate.com slash originalism, we have been building out a comprehensive package of written |
| 0:26.2 | pieces and podcast episodes that serve as a resource for understanding this term and beyond |
| 0:32.2 | at the highest court in the land. |
| 0:34.0 | How we got here, where we're headed, and crucially for this final episode, what we can do to change |
| 0:40.5 | that trajectory. |
| 0:42.5 | We originally released this episode to Slate Plus Subscribers back on May 18th. |
| 0:47.7 | This endeavor and its reporting would have been wholly impossible without the financial support of our Slate Plus subscribers. |
| 0:55.0 | From the hours and hours that our team spent pouring over Law Review articles to interviewing |
| 1:00.1 | experts and listening to, oh, so many hours of the Bork hearings to our ability to |
| 1:06.8 | bring guests together for this special panel one of whom came all the way from |
| 1:11.7 | Hawaii to the fantastic memorable art that we were able to create |
| 1:18.0 | to bolster this series. |
| 1:20.0 | All of this work requires resources. |
| 1:22.4 | So just a massive thank you to our Slate Plus subscribers. |
| 1:26.1 | We literally cannot do this without them. |
| 1:29.2 | Which is why we were so happy to share early access |
| 1:32.3 | to this episode with our Plus members. |
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