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Eric J. Segall

Eric J. Segall is the Kathy and Lawrence Ashe Professor of Law at Georgia State University, and author of Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court Is Not a Court and Its Justices Are Not Judges

Latest articles by Eric J. Segall

The Big Idea
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The Big Idea

All conservative judges claim to be “originalists.” None of them really are.

By Eric J. Segall