Free Download The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKM28XRH | 2024 | 7 hours and 21 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 412 MB
Author: Madiba K. Dennie
Narrator: Madiba K. Dennie
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism-the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it. There is no one true way to interpret the Constitution, but that’s not what originalists want you to think. They’d rather we be held hostage to their "objective" theory that our rights and liberties are bound by history-an idea that was once confined to the fringes of academia. Americans saw just how subjective originalism can be when the Supreme Court cherry-picked the past to deny bodily autonomy to millions of Americans in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. Though originalism is supposed to be a serious intellectual theory, a closer look reveals its many inherent faults, as it deliberately over-emphasizes a version of history that treats civil rights gains as categorically suspect.
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