Sherif Girgis

Nov 20, 2024 | harvardlawreview.org | Sherif Girgis

Guns, abortion, religious establishments, presidential power: While today’s Supreme Court identifies as originalist, it has settled constitutional questions on these and many other issues using history and tradition, not just original meaning. Scholars debate whether this trend can be squared with originalism. Last Term, the originalist Justices themselves joined the fray. Their reflections might foreshadow the reasoning and outcomes of future cases, including on hot-button issues.

Jul 7, 2024 | thedispatch.com | Michael Reneau |Mustafa Akyol |Jonah Goldberg |Sherif Girgis

As the West relearns this lesson, the Islamic world can benefit too. By and Published July 7, 2024 Happy Sunday! Here’s hoping you were able to celebrate Independence Day. For those still in the patriotic spirit and looking for something more to read, the TMD crew had some great recommendations on Thursday. Debate over the right mix of religion and politics, or religion and civic life more generally, has always been fraught.

Dec 2, 2023 | thedispatch.com | Sherif Girgis

Hundreds of people in positions of public service or influence across the nation—from journalists and professors, Capitol Hill staffers and Supreme Court clerks, to even sitting U.S. senators and House members—owe their intellectual formation to classes they took with Robert P. George, the McCormick professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University. George is a Catholic and social conservative in the belly of the secular-progressive beast.

Dec 2, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Sherif Girgis

Hundreds of people in positions of public service or influence across the nation—from journalists and professors, Capitol Hill staffers and Supreme Court clerks, to even sitting U.S. senators and House members—owe their intellectual formation to classes they took with Robert P. George, the McCormick professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University. George is a Catholic and social conservative in the belly of the secular-progressive beast.

Nov 27, 2023 | nyulawreview.org | Sherif Girgis

Today’s Supreme Court is committed to originalism—the idea that the Constitution’s meaning is fixed at ratification. But it often rests decisions on the post-ratification practices of other actors—Presidents, Congresses, or states. Call this method “living traditionalism”: “traditionalist” because it looks to political traditions, and “living” because the traditions postdate ratification.