An Originalist Reading of Public Schools
Let’s say you went to a restaurant and ordered a big ol’ meat sandwich only to find nothing but straw between two pieces of bread.
“Waiter!” You say, calling over a server.
“What’s wrong, Sir?”
“There’s no meat in my sandwich.”
“Oh, Sir?” He says smiling, examining your plate. “Here at Scalia’s Bar and Grill we adhere to a strict originalist interpretation of language.”
“What does that have to do with my sandwich?”
“Well, Sir, in Old English ‘meat’ meant any solid food, anything other than drink. As in ‘A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland’ (1775), Samuel Johnson noted, ‘Our guides told us, that the horses could not travel all day without rest or meat.’”
“But that’s not what I ordered!”
“Oh yes it is, Sir. You ordered CONTINUE READING: An Originalist Reading of Public Schools | gadflyonthewallblog