Rerun from Judge Week!
Originalism is the favored jurisprudence of
conservative scions like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. It's
predicated on the notion that laws have fixed meanings, determined
at the moment of their ratification according to the language of
their day.
Professor Green is the H.L.A. Hart Scholar of Law &
Philosophy at the University of Mississippi. A graduate of
Princeton, Yale, and Notre Dame, he has clerked for the U.S. Court
of Appeals on the Fifth Circuit, practiced as a private litigator,
is the author of multiple books, and is a sought-after speaker
about Originalism, executive power, and the 14th
Amendment.