Brian Fitzpatrick

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, seen here in 2006, was the court’s most prominent originalist. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Originalism: What it is, what it isn’t and why it’s the most democratic option for the Supreme Court

A majority of Supreme Court justices follow originalism, the mode of constitutional interpretation championed by late Justice Antonin Scalia. A former Scalia law clerk explains what originalism means.

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