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Noun Concept

Categories: Intention, United States constitutional law, Supreme Court of the United States, All articles needing additional references, Conservatism in the United States

originalism Bad originalism Constitutional originalism Declarationism Living Originalism

The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it WordNet 3.0

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The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Originalism is a constitutional interpretation that asserts that all statements in a constitution should be interpreted based on the original understanding and only changed through amendment. Wikipedia

Concept regarding the interpretation of the Constitution that asserts that all statements in the constitution must be interpreted based on the original understanding of the authors or the people at the time it was ratified Wikidata

The view that a text should be interpreted according to the intent of its original authors. Wiktionary

IS A

belief

jurisprudence

constitutional theory

judicial interpretation

COUNTRY

United States

FACET OF

legal formalism

judicial interpretation

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet