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Maria S. Lazar: “I'm an originalist with a slight tinge of textualism.”

Featuring: Maria S. Lazar, Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II

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Published | Video Starts at 23:56

So how would you describe your judicial philosophy? So my judicial philosophy for the lawyers or law students in the room is I'm an originalist with a slight tinge of textualism. And I'll explain that for everybody else whose eyes just glazed over. So originalist means that if you get the statute or the law or the constitutional amendment or whatever … (23:56–24:01)

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Asserts that Maria S. Lazar's judicial philosophy is originalism with some textualism.

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