Stanford historian Jonathan Gienapps new book, Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique, is an important shot across the bow of a venerable legal tradition. Using the tools of a historian, Gienapp aims to draw the methods of public meaning originalism into question. In this symposium, Law Liberty contributors offer responses from both legal and historical perspectives.

　　Jan 16, 2025 A Review of Against Constitutional Originalism Originalism, Relativism, and the American Founding Aaron N. Coleman Gienapp’s new book is a serious historical attack on originalism, but it falls short of vanquishing it entirely.

　　Jan 16, 2025 A Review of Against Constitutional Originalism The Constitution Neglected John O. McGinnis Mike Rappaport Jonathan Gienapp seeks to use the historian’s tools to challenge originalism, but in the process he neglects the text of the Constitution itself.