originalism

Orginalism as Esotericism

By Dan Nexon

On June 1, 2025

By WolfgangRieger - The Gospel of Judas. Critical Edition. Washington 2007, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5993036 Last week I attended a wedding, at which I had a long conversation with an historian about his work. His most recent project, he told me, was on the influence of...

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The Sheer Stupidity of Originalism

By Erik Loomis

On June 22, 2024

What I love about originalism and its claim to being historically accurate is that it is extremely not historically accurate. The history is just complete made up bullshit. No one.

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The Essential Meaningless of the “Original Intent/Original Meaning” Distinction

By Scott Lemieux

On January 6, 2011

In my experience, almost any discussion (including this one) of "originalism," somebody will bring up a distinction between "original intent" and "original meaning." This argument was made prominently in Robert.

ap77 It's theoretically possible that an undetected first strike could take out the silos before they are able to launch. Thus the second strike capability exists to deter that undetected first...
More Thoughts On Russia’s Bomber Losses · June 1, 2025
Swordsmith I think Turkey is imagining a future in much the same way China is imagining a "Vladivostok has always belonged to China" future.
The Attack · June 1, 2025
Piovere A minor technical correction: the US has 14 ballistic missile submarines. The first four hulls of the Ohio class were converted to carry TLAM.
More Thoughts On Russia’s Bomber Losses · June 1, 2025
Stephen Stralka This esoteric nonsense about the unitary executive also runs into certain architectonic facts about the Constitution, like the order of the articles.
Orginalism as Esotericism · June 1, 2025
Mike in DC I think Russia could get over it. Putin, not so much. He likely assumes that defeat in Ukraine equals his own end, and he's probably right about that. Enough inertia there for one more...
More Thoughts On Russia’s Bomber Losses · June 1, 2025