Originalism is merely an excuse to justify a decision, and it is (especially by Scalia) often thrown out entirely when it suits them. Originalism would mean that assisted suicide and medical marijuana would both be issues the federal government should stay out of (and especially not allow the Commerce clause to so intervene in internal state affairs as it does).
There no "faith" in it. It is merely an excuse, a text to fall back upon as absolute when it suits them, and blatantly ignored when it doesn't.
Then again, it is perhaps like faith in that it is like the supposedly "absolutely true in every word" Bible, where passages that support their views are magnified, but passages that goes against something they want (like, say, playing football on the Sabbath, or eating shellfish) are discarded.
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There no "faith" in it. It is merely an excuse, a text to fall back upon as absolute when it suits them, and blatantly ignored when it doesn't.
Then again, it is perhaps like faith in that it is like the supposedly "absolutely true in every word" Bible, where passages that support their views are magnified, but passages that goes against something they want (like, say, playing football on the Sabbath, or eating shellfish) are discarded.