I think it is actually a tainted doctrine that was cooked up and designed with the specific intention of favoring certain classes of litigants.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think it is actually a tainted doctrine that was cooked up and designed with the specific intention of favoring…”
On the recordJanuary 25, 2023
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Whitehouse critiques originalism as biased towards specific interests.
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