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This quote by Presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016 reveals his stance as a-example-1
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This quote by Presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016 reveals his stance as an originalist.

Originalists seek that interpretation of a written constitution should be consistent with what was meant by those who originally wrote it and ratified it. This is a minority point of view amongst originalists because they think that if Congress followed that interpretation it could do almost nothing unless the Constitution explicitly gave it the authority.

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