How Originalism Ate The Law: What We Can Do About It
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
Slate Audio
4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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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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| 1:10.0 | amicus, Slate's Podcast about the courts and the law, I am Dialithway. |
| 1:15.0 | Over the past couple of weeks here on amicus and at slate.com slash originalism, |
| 1:21.0 | we have been building out a comprehensive package of written pieces and |
| 1:24.7 | podcast episodes that serve as a resource for understanding this term and |
| 1:29.4 | beyond at the highest court in the land. How we got here, where we're headed, |
| 1:33.6 | and crucially for this final episode, |
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