The Problem Is Not the Method

The problem is the lack of accountability in transmitting and receiving an interpretive tradition. Institutional "integralism" would have even less success in obtaining results, because integralists wouldn't be given positions of power to begin with.

If you find yourself saying things like this, maybe it’s time to rethink the reliability of the method itself:

“Not a single justice, including the originalists, discerned the original meaning, even though it should have been obvious to the entire Court.” https://t.co/qEnbMJSgsC

— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) August 11, 2020