The American Constitution and the Debate over Originalism.(Book review)

From: Constitutional Commentary | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Whittington, Keith E. | Copyright information

THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION AND THE DEBATE OVER ORIGINALISM. By Dennis J. Goldford. (1) Cambridge University Press, New York. 2005. Pp. xi, 305. $75.00 (hard); $29.99 (paper).

"The only jurisprudence that has made it into the public sphere is ... originalism." (3) Since the 1980s, conservative Presidents and legal intellectuals have very visibly insisted on original meaning as the touchstone of constitutional interpretation. Lawyers in and around the Reagan Administration ...

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