At Lawfare, Benjamin Wittes: The New York Times Editorial Page Discovers Originalism—In Japan. The background is that Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe wants the Japanese military to be more active; Japan's pacifist constitution seems to pose a barrier, thus apparently requiring a constitutional amendment. But, the Times complains, "Mr. Abe circumvented that process by having his government reinterpret the Constitution." Wittes comments:
It’s interesting how skeptical the Times is about such interpretive methodologies in Japan given its insistence on its own right to reinterpret the U.S. Constitution to mean whatever it wishes on any given day.
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