The problem is with the theory that, if honestly applied, does not get there.
Richard Blumenthal: “The problem is with the theory that, if honestly applied, does not get there.”
On the recordMarch 19, 2017
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Blumenthal critiques the originalist theory's failure to support Brown v. Board of Education.
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