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Topic: originalism

Matt Damon is Odysseus in "The Odyssey," written, produced and directed by Christopher Nolan (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures)

Why conservatives hate "The Odyssey"

Alex Galbraith
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Supreme Court's selective originalism

David Coale
Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia within a John Trumbell painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Originalism": White supremacy in robes

Paul Rosenberg
Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/Liaison)

How Justice Scalia created this chaos

Paul Rosenberg
Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Supreme Court "originalism" is pure BS

Kirk Swearingen
Amy Coney Barrett | Constitution of the United States of America (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Judge Barrett and the Second Amendment

Kirk Swearingen
Amy Coney Barrett and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

ACB's originalism is nonsensical

Kevin Tobia
Pat Cipollone and Jay Sekulow (Chip Somodevilla/Alex Wong/Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's defense: Constitutional disaster

Paul Rosenberg
Clarence Thomas; Donald Trump; George W. Bush (AP/Getty)

Party of bad faith: GOP outdoes itself

Paul Rosenberg
Oliver Wendell Holmes; Earl Warren; Clarence Thomas; Brett Kavanaugh (AP/Wikimedia)

Can the Supreme Court be saved?

Paul Rosenberg
Ann Coulter; Donald Trump; Michael Anton (AP/Getty/Photo montage by Salon)

Battle for the Constitution

Paul Rosenberg
Newt Gingrich; Mitch McConnell; Donald Trump (AP/Duricka/Jacquelyn Martin/Evan Vucci)

How GOP "hardball" has reshaped politics

Paul Rosenberg