Law School Faculties Need More Intellectual Diversity
Apr 12, 2017
Jonathan H. Adler
There is something about judicial nominations that brings out the worst in U.S. Senators. Judging from the academic debate over the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, it seems to bring out the worst in legal academics too.
Judge Gorsuch is an avowed proponent of “originalism,” the idea that the original public meaning of the Constitution’s text should control the outcome in constitutional cases. To some this approach to constitutional interpretation may seem like common sense, but it is hardly a universal view. Although many judges and justices ascribe to an originalist judicial philosophy, this approach is not popular in the academy.
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