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It's actually textualism not originalism. Originalism considers the original lawmakers' intent whereas textualism only considers the current meaning of the word
by mantap 6y ago
It's actually textualism not originalism. Originalism considers the original lawmakers' intent whereas textualism only considers the current meaning of the words of the statute and ignores intent.
In other words, originalism considers unintended consequences to be outside the scope of the law, whereas textualism considers them to be within scope.