"Originalism is sort of subspecies of textualism. Textualism means you are governed by the text. That's the only thing that is relevant to your decision, not whether the outcome is desirable, not whether legislative history says this or that. But the text of the statute."

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About Antonin Scalia

American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 to 2016. He was a leading advocate of textualism and originalism in constitutional interpretation. His opinions had lasting influence on American legal theory and practice.

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