{"id":39546,"date":"2019-09-06T11:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T16:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=39546"},"modified":"2019-09-06T11:30:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T16:30:37","slug":"time-justice-neil-gorsuch-why-originalism-is-the-best-approach-to-the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=39546","title":{"rendered":"Time: Justice Neil Gorsuch: Why Originalism Is the Best Approach to the Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time: <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5670400\/justice-neil-gorsuch-why-originalism-is-the-best-approach-to-the-constitution\/\">Justice Neil Gorsuch: Why Originalism Is the Best Approach to the Constitution<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Originalism teaches only that the Constitution\u2019s original meaning is fixed; meanwhile, of course, new applications of that meaning will arise with new developments and new technologies. Consider a few examples. As originally understood, the term &#8216;cruel&#8217; in the Eighth Amendment\u2019s Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause referred (at least) to methods of execution deliberately designed to inflict pain. That never changes. But that meaning doesn\u2019t just encompass those particular forms of torture known at the founding. It also applies to deliberate efforts to inflict a slow and painful death by laser&#8230;.Or consider the Fourth Amendment. As originally understood, it usually required the government to get a warrant to search a home. And that meaning applies equally whether the government seeks to conduct a search the old-fashioned way by rummaging through the place or in a more modern way by using a thermal imaging device to see inside. Whether it\u2019s the Constitution\u2019s prohibition on torture, its protection of speech, or its restrictions on searches, the meaning remains constant even as new applications arise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time: Justice Neil Gorsuch: Why Originalism Is the Best Approach to the Constitution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scotus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39547,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39546\/revisions\/39547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}