In Blount County, the 21-member County Commission often resembles the inept Keystone Kops. County Mayor Ed Mitchell always seems to get what he wants—a taxpayer-subsidized Amazon warehouse in Alcoa he risibly described as a “Super Bowl win” for the community, for example—not because he is…
Year: 2022
Deconstructing Originalism: Does the Written Constitution Matter?
Opponents of originalism claim that it ignores the existence of an “unwritten” Constitution. This contention is nothing more than an unconvincing reformulation of the discredited notion of a “living Constitution.” This essay first appeared in Law & Liberty on February 7, 2022 (…