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It’s Time for a Progressive Reading of the Constitution

Conservatives have claimed the moral high ground of so-called originalism. Liberals need to put forward their own vision.

Erwin Chemerinsky
GEN
Published in
6 min readNov 7, 2018

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FFor five decades, conservatives have claimed the moral high ground in judicial matters, claiming that they are simply…

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Erwin Chemerinsky
GEN
Writer for

Erwin Chemerinsky is the 13th Dean of UC Berkeley, School of Law and the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law.