Crash Course: How Justice Scalia created chaos: "Originalism" is just right-wing ideology in disguise

Berkeley law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky on the incoherent, dishonest ideology that has warped the Supreme Court [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlAZZJP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci80OTUzVwNzcGNCCmMXTBEfY4LQJNtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlAZZJP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpjF0wRH2OC0CTbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). (Getty Images/Liaison) How Justice Scalia created chaos: "Originalism" is just right-wing ideology in disguise A string of recent election results — including the [Kansas abortion amendment](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlAZZJP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMDYvd2hhdC1oYXBwZW5lZC1pbi1rYW5zYXMtYW1lcmljYW5zLWtub3ctdGhhdC1yaWdodHMtYXJlLW5vdC1qdXN0LXN1Z2dlc3Rpb25zL1cDc3BjQgpjF0wRH2OC0CTbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and special elections for House seats in [New York](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlAZZJP0RvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMjUvaXRzLWhhcHBlbmluZy1hYm9ydGlvbi1yaWdodHMtYW5kLXRoZS10by1kZW1vY3JhY3ktYXJlLXJlc2hhcGluZy10aGUtbWlkdGVybXMvVwNzcGNCCmMXTBEfY4LQJNtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) and [Alaska](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlAZZJP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbmV3cy93b3JsZC9hbWVyaWNhcy91cy1wb2xpdGljcy9zYXJhaC1wYWxpbi1hbGFza2EtYW5hbHlzaXMtYWJvcnRpb24tYjIxNTcxNDkuaHRtbFcDc3BjQgpjF0wRH2OC0CTbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) — make it clear that the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade has enormous political consequences, and could even end up preserving the Democrats' hold on Congress this year. But the court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization wasn't the only earth-shaking break with precedent in the last two weeks of its term. Even if Democrats do hold onto Congress and somehow codify Roe into law (an unlikely set of outcomes) that would only affect one aspect of the vast sweep of policy change the court's rulings portend. [Read the rest from Paul Rosenberg.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlAZZJP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTEvaG93LWp1c3RpY2Utc2NhbGlhLWNyZWF0ZWQtY2hhb3Mtb3JpZ2luYWxpc20taXMtanVzdC1yaWdodC13aW5nLWlkZW9sb2d5LWluLWRpc2d1aXNlL1cDc3BjQgpjF0wRH2OC0CTbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Promotion from Alts [Subscribe to Alternative Assets today.] Discover and invest in the best alternative assets Alternative Assets demystifies and explains the hottest unique investment ideas out there. 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We're now, as a nation, battling a threat from within. Is the threat equal or greater than what we faced after 9/11?" 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Guiteau himself famously said as much while he was being tried, convicted and ultimately executed. When prosecutors and public critics labeled Guiteau as a murderer, he didn't deny that he had shot Garfield twice on July 2, 1881; one bullet only grazed the president's arm, but a second burrowed itself deep into the right side of his back. Yet Guiteau's contention was that he was merely an attempted murderer, not a successful one. [Read the rest from Matthew Rozsa.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlAZZJP0RcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTEvdGhpcy13YXMtc2hvdC1pbi10aGUtYmFjay1idXQtdGhlLWRvY3RvcnMtYXJlLXRoZS1vbmVzLWhpbS9XA3NwY0IKYxdMER9jgtAk21IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). Our mailing address: 1000 N. 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