The Originalist View Of The Constitution

Essay 1:
The selection of a supreme court justice is usually dependent on how the judge views the constitution. There are two main theories of how the constitution is viewed. The first theory is an originalism view. This views the constitution rigidly, and that America has to enforce the constitution by the original meaning. Originalism ensures that the original meaning is enforced, by using the old dictionary definitions if the words. This originalist interpretation is more common amongst conservative judges. The next theory is the living constitution. The living constitution views the constitution vaguely. It is done this was to promote human dignity in light of society’s changing values and needs. This living constitution interpretation
How that is determining the politician’s experience in a leadership position, their values, and the political issues they align themselves with. With that said voters are irrational. Voter would like to think they can make rational decision based on small amounts of information. According to campaign researchers Sniderman, Brody, and Tetlock, it can be determined that voters use heuristics or shortcuts in place of political knowledge to make decisions when it comes time to vote, this can be called a “bounded rationality (Allen & Wilson, 2010). Voters take short cuts in order to avoid wasting time learning about every issue and every candidate. Often times voters will look into the what part best a lines with their beliefs. Then from there voter often listens to elite’s clues into which candidate they should vote for, such as the NRA backing a pro-gun candidate. Voters generally do not use heuristics thoughtful or rationally. They often just collect a small amount of information and accept is as fact because they lack the political knowledge to use the heuristics. By this I mean, voters do not always know about the political topics such as the economy and who does and doesn’t not have the power to influence the economy. An example of this is the common misconception that the president has control over the economy, when in reality the president can recommend how the government spend money but the congress has the ultimate control over the finances of the government. It could not be their fault though. They may lack the rational information to make an informed decision. If they only have access one particular political news station or radio station, they may lack alternate facts, not manipulated by elites, that could inform them better. Mark Twain said it best, “It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what