POLS 230 Study Guide - Final Guide: Originalism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 230
• Professor: Catherine Conaghan

Document Summary

Despite being much closer to the left than democratic party has been in the past. Generational bernie has most of the young voters. Regional people who live in different places have drastically different opinions. Americans value their country and constitution large degree of agreement. High regard for their country pride in the country, not necessarily the government: this appeal used in trump campaign [nationalism, counter-appeal by clinton: american is already great! Originalists: conservative view of interpreting the constitution exactly how it was originally written i. e. debates on gun control (2nd a(cid:373)e(cid:374)d(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:862)right to (cid:271)ear ar(cid:373)s(cid:863)) Vs those who realize that the founders were writing in the context of the time a(cid:374)d the (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) is a (cid:862)li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g do(cid:272)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) believe we should adopt the constitution to modern times. Another area of consensus mistrust of federal government. Steady decline in trust of government since the end of 1950s.