In this episode, Ilan Wurman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, discusses his book "A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Wurman begins by describing the premises of originalism, the constitutional theory holding that the Constitution should be understood in relation to its original public meaning. He explains how originalism works and how it differs from other theories of constitutional interpretation. He reflects on how the debate between Jefferson and Madison illuminates two competing theories of constitutional legitimacy. And he argues that originalism is consistent with the antisegregation principle of Brown v. Board of Education. Wurman is on Twitter at @ilan_wurman and his scholarship is available on SSRN.

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