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How ‘History and Tradition’ Rulings Are Changing American Law - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/magazine/history-tradition-law-conservative-judges.html
Changes in the prevailing sound of Kpop girl groups help me understand US conservative constitutional and statutory interpretation. So a couple of years ago I would go onto YouTube and hear tropical house and girl crush shouting; these days, it's the Y2K sound.
Similarly, conservatives used to wax eloquent about "originalism" and "textualism"; now it's "history and tradition".*
In both domains, any search for an overarching explanatory principle beyond group interest is futile.
*No, Antonin Scalia is not turning in his grave, because he too was devoid of principle or decency.
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