Open to Debate
@opentodebate·282K subscribers·1.7K videos
Debate: Should SCOTUS Focus on the Original Meaning of the Constitution?
Posted
June 9, 2023
Views
1,292
Likes
24
Comments
10
Engagement
2.63%
June 9, 2023
1,292
24
10
2.63%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
49:35Now PlayingOriginalism is a way of interpreting the Constitution. In the past, the legal theory referred to framer’s intent, but the contemporary, prevailing view of originalism is that it attempts to understand the Constitution by looking at what the public would’ve intended at the time of ratification. This theory has been used in the Roberts Supreme Court to interpret landmark cases related to race, religion, gun-safety laws, and some say abortion and could be used in others. Those who argue “yes” say the Constitution is like any other document that needs modern interpretation, even if not everything that existed in the text back then exists today. Others who argue “no” explain it doesn’t make sense to keep our laws limited to what society would've valued during the country’s founding and it risks constraining judges into one viewpoint.
In this context, we ask the question: Should the Supreme Court Focus on the Original Meaning of the Constitution?
#opentodebate #debate #Constitution #legaltheory #ratification #race #religion #gunsafetylaws #abortion # SupremeCourt
===================================
Official site
Open to Debate Apple Podcasts
Open to Debate Spotify Podcasts
===================================
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
