Judge Edmund Sargus from the Southern District of Ohio joins Sarah and David to take on originalism and different means of constitutional interpretation.
The Agenda:
- Brown v. Board of Education and the different judicial philosophies that can be applied to the case
- Originalism vs. common law traditionalism
- Challenges and limitations of textualism and originalism
- Landmark cases and the Supreme Court’s decisions shaping societal progress
- Interpreting ambiguous constitutional terms like ‘equal protection’ and ‘due process’
- Thus ends DEI
Show Notes:
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Rutan v. Republican Party
- Bostock v. Clayton County
- Loving v. Virginia
- A blast from the past: Rep. James A. Traficant found guilty of corruption
- David for the NYT: The Magic Constitutionalism of Donald Trump
- Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia
- Fifth Circuit opinion from Judge Andrew Oldham