Chicago’s Best Ideas: William Winslow Crosskey: the Forgotten Originalist

In 1953, a brilliant law professor published a massive tome on the original meaning of the Constitution, arguing that the Supreme Court and modern politics had abandoned the true vision of the Founders. What did he say, why have his conclusions been forgotten, and what can we learn from them today?

This Chicago’s Best Idea was presented on February 19, 2025.