Best Originalist
Antonin Scalia was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1986 until his death in 2016. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, he became closely associated with originalism in constitutional interpretation and textualism in statutory i...
Neil M. Gorsuch is an American jurist who has served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court since 2017. President Donald Trump nominated him to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, and the Senate confirmed him that April. Gorsuch previously served on t...
Clarence Thomas is an American jurist who became the second African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court following his confirmation in 1991. Nominated by President George H. W. Bush, he succeeded Thurgood Marshall and brought a conservative, originalist approach to constitutional int...
Robert Heron Bork was an American legal scholar and jurist who served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He is widely known for his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, which was rejected by the Senate following...
