Show notes
Georgetown Law Professor Randy Barnett is the author of A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist, a new memoir about his remarkable legal career. He joins Jeffrey Rosen to discuss his role in the evolution of originalism from a philosophy of judicial restraint to one of constitutional conservatism dedicated to restoring “the lost Constitution.”
Resources:
- Randy Barnett, A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist (2024)
- Randy Barnett, Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty (2014)
- Randy Barnett, “Two Conceptions of the Ninth Amendment,” (1989)
- Ronald Dworkin, Taking Rights Seriously (1978)
- Antonin Scalia, “Originalism: The Lesser Evil,” (1989)
- National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012)
- “Originalism: A Matter of Interpretation,” NCC America’s Town Hall Program (2022)
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