[patlin]

Originalism includes the legislative record when determining the meaning of the text. Scalia did not believe in this, Thomas does.

and so while they both rely on the written text & the meanings of the words at the time they were adopted, originalism goes one step further in bringing the legislative record into that definition.

[Talisker]

Thanks for that detail. It’s hard to unextended how the legislative record could be discarded for interpretation of the text, though, since it’s the most direct record of original intent.