Some of us believe that judges are supposed to interpret the law as it was understood when written, not make new law or simply fill in a vacuum.
Chuck Grassley: “Some of us believe that judges are supposed to interpret the law as it was understood when written, not make new law or…”
On the recordMarch 20, 2022
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Grassley distinguishes between originalism and living constitutionalism in judicial philosophy.
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