I could do without the originalism. His argument that The FBI&#x27;s &quot;preferred reading of the law ... would transform the AWA from a limited gap-filling statute  ... into a mechanism for upending the separation of powers&quot; is more than strong enough without trying to divine the ideas of the long-dead creators of the law.<p>What&#x27;s important is the letter of the law, the relevant preceding decisions, and the judge&#x27;s reason and conscience (which is checked by appeals). The context the law was originally written in is just fluff.