The Evolution of Originalism
Georgetown Law Professor Randy Barnett is the author of A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist, a new memoir about his remarkable legal career. He joins Jeffrey Rosen to discuss his role in the evolution of originalism from a philosophy of judicial restraint to one of constitutional conservatism dedicated to restoring “the lost Constitution.”
Resources:
Randy Barnett, A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist (2024)
Randy Barnett, Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty (2014)
Randy Barnett, “Two Conceptions of the Ninth Amendment,”…
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