Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether the issue concerns abortion, the scope of federal agencies, the death penalty ...

This is part of How Originalism Ate the Law, a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. Originalism is now the dominant approach to constitutional interpretation for the Republican ...

If you describe yourself as a liberal or a progressive, that probably means you have a low opinion of originalism, the school of constitutional thought that is closely identified with the conservative ...

Last year, more than 40,000 people were killed by guns in the United States. Gun violence is now the No. 1 killer of children in America, and every month, about 70 American women are murdered by ...

It’s decision season for the U.S. Supreme Court, meaning the court is weighing in on a slew of cases dealing with a wide range of issues, including abortion medication restrictions and the power of ...

Most conservative Supreme Court Justices use originalism in their legal reasoning. Originalists believe the Constitution has a fixed meaning and should be interpreted as it would’ve been back in the ...

History professor Jonathan Gienapp criticized constitutional originalism for its insufficient understanding of the period in which the Constitution was written at his Tuesday talk, titled “History and ...

A few years ago, the online magazine Slate hosted a contest. Senior Editor Dahlia Lithwick asked readers--If you don't believe in interpreting the Constitution the way it was written more than 200 ...