03516cam a2200445 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000430011402000400015702000270019704000280022404100080025204200080026004300120026805000240028008200140030410000230031824501260034126400370046730000280050433600260053233700280055833800270058650000200061350501080063352018230074161000510256461000430261565000720265865000430273065000380277365000490281165000440286065100430290477601230294723494295BJBSDDR20250523114116.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta240110s2024    nyu     rb    001 0 eng    a  2023059052  a9780593729250 (hardcover ; alk. paper)  a0593729250 (hardcover ; alk. paper)  z9780593729267q(ebook)  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aKF 4552bD411o 202400a342.730011 aDennie, Madiba K. 14aThe originalism trap :bhow extremists stole the Constitution and how we the people can take it back /cMadiba K. Dennie. 1aNew York :bRandom House,c2024.  axii, 286 pages ;c22 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.0 aHeist -- Stealing our liberties -- Stealing our elections -- Stealing the census -- Taking it all back.  a"Lawyers don't often admit this in mixed company, but Madiba Dennie wants to let you in on a secret: There is no one true way to interpret the Constitution. Americans saw just how subjective it can be when the Supreme Court denied basic bodily autonomy to millions of people in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, suggesting that our rights and liberties are frozen in a cherry-picked version of history. This is a line of constitutional interpretation called originalism--a framework that says we must be constrained by the meaning of the Constitution's text when it was written. It has a reputation as a serious intellectual theory, but as Dennie argues in The Originalism Trap, originalism is more like dream logic: It seems reasonable at first, but when you wake up and see it clearly, it's revealed as nonsense. Originalism deliberately over-emphasizes a particular version of history that treats civil rights gains as categorically suspect. According to Dennie, it's time to let it go. The Originalism Trap discards originalism in favor of a new approach that serves everyone: inclusive constitutionalism. Dennie disentangles the Constitution's ideals from originalist ideology and emphasizes the power of the Reconstruction Amendments. These post-Civil War amendments, which are conveniently ignored by originalists, sought to build a democracy with equal membership for marginalized persons. The Originalism Trap argues that the law must serve to make that promise of democracy real. In chapters on how originalists are diminishing our right to vote, stealing the right to control our own bodies, and manipulating the way we are counted in the census, Dennie shows readers that the Constitution belongs to them and how they can use it to fight for their rights"--cProvided by publisher.10aUnited States.bSupreme CourtvCasesxHistory.14aEstados Unidos.bCorte SupremavCasos  0aConstitutional lawzUnited StatesxInterpretation and construction. 4aDerecho constitucionalzEstados Unidos 0aOriginalism (Law)zUnited States. 0aReproductive rightszUnited StatesxHistory. 4aDerechos reproductivos zEstados Unidos 4aEstados UnidosvDerecho Constitucional08iOnline version:aDennie, Madiba K.tOriginalism trapdNew York : Random House, [2024]z9780593729267w(DLC) 2023059053