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Roar of the Crowd: November 2024

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DATE POSTED:October 23, 2024
Our Next Supreme Court Justice? opening spread imageOriginal SinsAs a longtime reader of Texas Monthly, I expected a serious left lean in Michael Hall’s “Our Next Supreme Court Justice?” [September 2024]. It did not take long! Mr. Hall quickly defines originalism as a concept rooted in the eighteenth-century U.S. Constitution.Are the amendments to the Constitution chopped liver? They are one of the great feats of the founding fathers, who realized that changing times could necessitate revisions to the original document. Our governance should not be left to a minority of elites, be they business monopolies or a press made up of like-minded individuals who rely on groupthink to push their beliefs on a vulnerable public.Juan Campo, HoustonJames Ho’s idea of originalism makes me believe he longs for a return to the 1700s,…

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