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How Determinate Is the Constitutional Text?
A frequent objection to Originalism is that the Constitutional text is too indeterminate to have a fixed meaning. Professor Lawrence Solum explains that most parts of the Constitution actually do have a determinate meaning which can be explained through careful Originalist interpretation. Parts of the text that are genuinely indeterminate need to be examined cautiously in a way that restrains judicial policymaking. https://youtube.com/watch?v=wfgjhmuH0-g