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by philwelch 690 days ago
Scalia’s originalism—the dominant strain today—is textualism, as explained in the very article you linked. Specifically it is originalism in terms of the original public meaning of the text, or in other words, textualism with the understanding that language changes over time.
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> Scalia’s originalism—the dominant strain today—is textualism

Sure. As I said, "Scalia was textualist." All dachshunde are dogs. Not all dogs are dachshunde.