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Originalist Sin 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Ira Hyman explores what he refers to as the “The Cognitive Illusion of Constitutional Originalism.” Here’s a tiny little bit of his article (emphasis added):

Anyone who claims to be a Constitutional originalist is simply engaged in the process of selecting historical writings consistent with their own views. They reinterpret those writings based on their current goals and attitudes. The risk is that they do not acknowledge the way in which their goals and attitudes lead to selective searches, confirmation biases, and reinterpretations of historical documents.

I commend his article to your attention as a valuable and timely–especially timely–read.

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