Hello listener, Dahlia Lithwick here, host of Amicus, that Slate's

podcast on the courts and the law and democracy and the rule of law. This May,

our team will be publishing a special project that we are calling how originalism

ate the law. This neutral and academic sounding methodology of looking at the law is in fact anything but

neutral. Originalism is to the conservative legal movement what peanut butter is

to jelly as we're going to show you over the course of this project,

originalism has been both cover and calling

for conservative justices and judges

to radically overhaul the lives of millions of Americans.

And while they claim to be the apolitical interpreters of the Constitution and its

authors intense, they have overturned Roe, radically expanded gun rights, and eviscerated voting rights.

AcrossSLATE.com and the Amicus podcast, we're going to be tackling questions like,

where did originalism come from?

Why has it taken over?

Are progressive originalists really a thing?

And am I allowed to have an opinion on originalism?

spoiler, the answer to that last question, you are.

To celebrate the launch of this big project, we are running a special two-week-long free trial

of Slate Plus on Apple Podcasts.

As a member, you'll get exclusive episodes from How Originalism

Ait the Law, plus add free listening to all of your favorite Slate Podcasts.

Join now by clicking Try Free at the top of the Amicus show page or visit

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