Definition of "originalists" []

• Plural form of originalist. (noun)

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• "For Alito, Scalia, and Thomas are "originalists" -- justices who claim that it is not previous Supreme Court precedent that should govern, but instead the intentions and understanding of those who drafted the Constitution (and its amendments)."
• "Randy Barnett, who claims to be a so-called originalists wants to use the 9th Amendment which says “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” as a reason to create a “presumption of liberty.”"
• "He offers no neat, pat, "grand view of law," as he puts it, no "all-encompassing theory" to match that of so-called originalists like Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas."