Ryan J. Owens is a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in judicial politics and constitutional law. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard in 2018 focusing on Supreme Court topics, including originalism, constitutional interpretation, and the Roberts Court.
Data show that people tend to support nominees who espouse “Original Intent,” defined as judges who “look to the intent of the drafters and ratifiers of the Constitution to reach conclusions about its meaning.”
Data show that people tend to support nominees who espouse “Original Intent,” defined as judges who “look to the intent of the drafters and ratifiers of the Constitution to reach conclusions about its meaning.”
With Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, the chief justice will likely move into the swing seat.
Reading into "current understandings" of the document would allow our constitutional rights to be sacrificed to the gods of political correctness, political expediency, and political fear.