originalism

concept regarding the interpretation of the Constitution that asserts that all statements in the constitution must be interpreted based on the original understanding of the authors or the people at the time it was ratified
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originalism

Summary

originalism is a constitutional theory[1]. originalism draws 417 Wikipedia views per month (constitutional_theory category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • originalism is credited with the discovery of Robert Bork[3].
  • originalism is in the country of United States[4].
  • originalism's instance of is recorded as constitutional theory[5].
  • originalism's instance of is recorded as jurisprudence[6].
  • originalism's subclass of is recorded as judicial interpretation[7].
  • originalism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01s2ks[8].
  • originalism's facet of is recorded as legal formalism[9].
  • originalism's facet of is recorded as judicial interpretation[10].
  • originalism's Quora topic ID is recorded as Originalism[11].
  • originalism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776217807[12].
  • originalism's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Originalism[13].
  • originalism's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 05955083-n[14].
  • originalism's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2776217807[15].

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Works and Contributions

originalism is credited with the discovery of Robert Bork[3].

Why It Matters

originalism draws 417 Wikipedia views per month (constitutional_theory category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] originalism has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] originalism is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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  4. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . rationalwiki.org. Retrieved . rationalwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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