Cosmopolitan magazine, which is known for its relationship and sex advice articles, sparked a bit of controversy online Tuesday when they published an article slamming constitutional originalism.
The article was published amid the Senate confirmation hearing of Judge Neil Gorsuch, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. The article was titled: “9 Reasons Constitutional Originalism is Bullsh*t.”
9 Reasons Constitutional Originalism Is Bullsh*t https://t.co/c9glcAtp8g pic.twitter.com/mDoDxjuOQh
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) March 21, 2017
The article said that judges who interpret the Constitution in an originalist fashion — in other words, in a manner that considers what the authors of the Constitution meant at the time they wrote it to be authoritative — are radical, racist and just completely wrong because “not even the founders were originalists.”