James Finn
1 min readOct 14, 2020

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Originalism as a judicial philosophy must have the effect of suppressing the rights of Black people, women, and LGBTQ people.

Originalism dismisses the mainstream idea that the text and meaning of the Constitution and legislation must not be limited to what people understood in the past.

Originalism is at its heart reactionary and racist.

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James Finn
James Finn

Written by James Finn

James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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