A review by candelibri
The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back by Madiba K. Dennie

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

There are far too few reviews for this book so while I’d rate this a 4.5, I’m rounding this up so that this has a snowball’s chance of getting through to people. This is such an important and well-written book that really goes after the theory of “originalism” as the method of interpretation for the constitution - how it has undermined “we the people” for decades with the excuse of being used for our betterment, yet that never actually coalesces. 

Also, wow. Just…the amount of cherry picking these men are allowed to get away with in the name of “democracy” is sickening. And God help me, Alito is an absolute piece of garbage, yes but if I could ever learn something about Reagan and be surprised by how absolutely HORRIFIC that human was…?? Nothing I learn about him is shocking anymore, almost everything leads back to that slimeball’s administration.