What the founders actually meant by originalism
Originalism has become a Federalist Society word. Not because the Federalist Society is wrong about constitutional interpretation, but because reducing a civic practice to a judicial philosophy makes it sound like something that belongs to lawyers. The founders weren’t writing for law reviews.
- ▪Originalism has become a Federalist Society word.
- ▪Not because the Federalist Society is wrong about constitutional interpretation, but because reducing a civic practice to a judicial philosophy makes it sound like something that belongs to lawyers.
- ▪The founders weren’t writing for law reviews.
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| Original publisher | Washington Examiner |
| Canonical URL | https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4600972/founders-originalism-constitution-federalist/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 |
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Originalism has become a Federalist Society word. That’s a problem. Not because the Federalist Society is wrong about constitutional interpretation, but because reducing a civic practice to a judicial philosophy makes it sound like something that belongs to lawyers. It never did. The founders weren’t writing for law reviews. They weren’t writing for federal judges. They were writing for citizens — specifically for the citizens of 13 newly independent states who were being asked to ratify a new frame of government and who needed to understand what they were authorizing. The Federalist Papers were newspaper op-eds published under pseudonyms in New York newspapers between 1787 and 1788, addressed to general readers making a political decision.
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