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Historians in the News
April 18, 2015

The Birth of Originalism and Its Adoption by Conservatives

by Logan Sawyer
Logan Sawyer is a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and an associate professor at Georgia Law. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Virginia, where he also earned a degree in law. 

Logan Sawyer was interviewed by the History News Network at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, where he spoke about the conservative movement’s adoption of originalism.