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Originalism (Britannica)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica article on originalism, the theory of constitutional interpretation that reads the U.S. Constitution by the meaning its words carried when adopted, contrasted with living-constitutionalism.
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PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/originalism
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