Dear (Juris)Prudence: Who Cooks Up the Supreme Court’s BS Originalist Ideas, Anyway?

Jurisprudence By Mark Joseph Stern Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Mark Joseph Stern? Aug 16, 20269:00 AM Clarence Thomas is the worst offender when it comes to bad originalism. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/AFP via Getty Images. Last week’s episode of Amicus included a mailbag special in which Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern answered listeners’ burning questions about the law. Amicus listeners have a lot of smart questions, so we’re running an occasional “Dear (Juris)Prudence” series in which we share your questions and Mark and Dahlia’s answers. Write to amicus@slate.com to pose a qu