“Originalism” is a modern term for applying the Constitution as understood by those who adopted it. This is how English and American judges and lawyers have read most legal documents for at least 500 years.
By respecting the understanding behind the Constitution, originalism keeps the document alive.
By contrast, there’s no simple definition of “living constitutionalism” because “living constitutionalists” differ greatly among themselves. They’re united by a dislike of many of the Constitution’s rules and standards, and they all want to adjust those rules and standards to serve their political goals. Beyond that, their unity ends: They sometimes have different goals, and they propose different methods of constitutional manipulation….
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