Daniel M. Ortner
Essay
Corpus Linguistics & Original Public Meaning: A New Tool To Make Originalism More Empirical
Originalism has been the predominant interpretive methodology for constitutional meaning in American history: it is the methodology that has been with us since the Constitution’s birth. With its rebirth in the latter part of the twentieth century and its theoretical evolution from original intent to original public meaning, originalism has been working itself pure—almost.
May 18, 2016