With the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court the indispensable interpretive methods of original understanding in construing the Constitution and textualism in reading statutes are precisely where they belong: front and center. Barrett was inspired by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom she clerked. He should inspire all of us.
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The Essential Scalia
Gregory J. Sullivan, Catholic World Report
Friday, October 2, 2020
With the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court the indispensable interpretive methods of original understanding in construing the Constitution and textualism in reading statutes are precisely where they belong: front and center. Barrett was inspired by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom she clerked. He should inspire all of us.