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Originalism is a legal theory that bases constitutional, judicial, and statutory interpretation of text on the original understanding at the time of its adoption. Proponents of the theory object to judicial activism and other interpretations related to a living constitution framework.
The Living Constitution, or judicial pragmatism, is the viewpoint that the U.S. constitution holds a dynamic meaning even if the document is not formally amended.The Constitution is said to develop alongside society's needs and provide a more malleable tool for governments.
Americans today are frankly right to be so invested in who wields the now-imperial scepter — a scepter forged and empowered by a century of progressives’ “living constitution” philosophy ...
The current majority originalist U.S. Supreme Court is a far cry from the mid-20th century Warren Court that interpreted a "living" Constitution.
In the United States, strict constructionism is a particular legal philosophy of judicial interpretation that limits or restricts the powers of the federal government only to those expressly, i.e., explicitly and clearly, granted to the government by the United States Constitution.
Amending the Constitution is enormously difficult, but not impossible. Although amendments have been rare in recent decades, there have been times in American history when they have been more common.
Textualism is a formalist theory in which the interpretation of the law is based exclusively on the ordinary meaning of the legal text, where no consideration is given to non-textual sources, such as intention of the law when passed, the problem it was intended to remedy, or significant questions regarding the justice or rectitude of the law.
The billionaire Jared Isaacman said his Polaris missions with SpaceX are "a question mark" now.. Donald Trump nominated Isaacman for NASA Administrator months after he did SpaceX's first spacewalk.