Cole Laudenslager

A photo of the Constitution of the United States of America. At the University of Dayton, Justice Antonin Scalia remarked that “the paramount truth of democracy is process.” The judiciary comprises an essential part of this process. However, non-originalist methods are fundamentally tainted by personal preferences, failing to uphold an objective process. Living constitutionalism posits that the meaning of the Constitution evolves based on social norms. How does an unelected, socially...

Goldwin Smith Hall at Cornell University . On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court outlawed race-based affirmative action in Students for...