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Jill Lepore, writing in The Atlantic, advances the bold thesis that originalism “killed the Constitution” by crippling the amendment process. She cuts corners to make her case.

One: She opens by presenting Justice Antonin Scalia as though he were hostile or dismissive toward the amendment process:

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Ramesh Ponnuru

Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Jill Lepore, writing in The Atlantic, advances the bold thesis that originalism “killed the Constitution” by crippling the amendment process. She cuts corners to make her case.

One: She opens by presenting Justice Antonin Scalia as though he were hostile or dismissive toward the amendment process: