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In recent years, originalism has gone from an academic theory and a minor tendency in judicial interpretation to a powerful frame of legal argument. Major court rulings claim to rely on “original public meaning,” and leading litigators seek out historical arguments to bolster their cases. But where did this kind of argument come from? And is it any good? Join us for a respectfully dissenting conversation between former judge and noted constitutional scholar Michael McConnell and legal historian Noah Rosenblum as they debate what originalism is, how it works, and whether it can be defended.

• , Visiting Professor of Law, ������ Law; Professor and Director of Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School; Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2002–09
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