POLI2327 Lecture Notes - Originalism, Robert Bork, Establishment Clause
1 Apr 2014
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Lecture 24: current context = conservatism, begins in the 1960s, nixon famously cared and ran on the constitution, platform of law and order and strict constructionism. Appointed republican judges: not systematic about doing that, hardcore conservatives who cared about abortion rights and other issues decided that it wasn"t going to work, came up with conservative movement agenda for the constitution. Person who took this the furthest = ronald reagan: key figures, edwin meese. Came up with checklist of what a real conservative would do as a judge: started emphasizing that a real conservative would be called an. Originalist : someone who believes that constitution should be interpreted according to how the people who framed it did. Old originalism : the objective is to restrain judges and fight against activist judges. Cooper v. aaron: aggressive program, set up the federalist society, student club set up to promote the understanding and discussion of originalism.
