Daryl Levinson
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So I think, has he moved the needle? I've always agreed with Will that originalism, the best case for originalism, has to do with constitutional settlement. And it's unfortunate that originalism is now requiring all these different methodologies of interpretation and including vast, sweeping knowledge of general law and what that thing is, as well as history and tradition and everything else.
So I think, has he moved the needle? I've always agreed with Will that originalism, the best case for originalism, has to do with constitutional settlement. And it's unfortunate that originalism is now requiring all these different methodologies of interpretation and including vast, sweeping knowledge of general law and what that thing is, as well as history and tradition and everything else.
But if we were back 10 years ago when originalism was more simple-minded and it was just a question of reading the text and looking up what the words meant in the dictionary, that's a pretty good settlement device for what settlement is worth. But I'm afraid that Will may be on a path to undermining the primary benefit he identifies with originalism.
But if we were back 10 years ago when originalism was more simple-minded and it was just a question of reading the text and looking up what the words meant in the dictionary, that's a pretty good settlement device for what settlement is worth. But I'm afraid that Will may be on a path to undermining the primary benefit he identifies with originalism.
Have to, in any given case.
Have to, in any given case.
And thank you for this really fun conversation.
And thank you for this really fun conversation.