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Definition Originalist in American English

Originalist noun

noun
1

in the US, someone who believes in the strict literal interpretation of the Constitution

Example

Various mainstream legal scholars, including Harvard's Cass Sunstein, have shredded the Originalist approach.

Definition Originalist in American English