Is the Constitution archaic, as President Donald Trump implied recently in an interview with Fox News? The answer is a resounding yes — if you’re an originalist, as Trump claims to be. The president unwittingly hit on the best possible ...

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Confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court justices are an occasion for a national conversation about constitutional law and interpretation. Because Judge Neil Gorsuch is being billed as an originalist, his hearings this week are a great opportunity to ask him ...

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Perhaps the biggest reason Republicans love Neil Gorsuch’s selection as President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee — apart from his age — is the fact that he’s a demonstrated originalist. Among conservatives, that’s basically code for “not an activist judge.” ...

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