Madiba K. Dennie is an accomplished attorney, columnist, author, and professor dedicated to promoting an equitable multiracial democracy. She penned The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back. Currently, Dennie serves as Deputy Editor and Senior Contributor at Balls and Strikes, a critical legal commentary platform. In her role as counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice, she tackled democracy-related issues such as the census, judicial matters, and efforts to disenfranchise communities of color.
Originalism is the ascendant legal theory espoused by conservative legal thinkers, including the majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices. But far from being an objective framework for constitutional interpretation, says author and...
Madiba K. Dennie is an attorney, columnist, author, and professor whose work focuses on fostering an equitable multiracial democracy. Dennie is the author of The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution...
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