This Supreme Court debate reveals a fascinating tension in constitutional interpretation: the clash between textualism’s claim to timeless principles and originalism’s anchor in historical context. Justice Alito’s framing—invoking Scalia’s microwave oven analogy—suggests a strategic pivot: conservatives, often strict originalists, here embrace a more fluid reading of "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Yet this flexibility contrasts sharply with Alito’s *Bostock* dissent, where he accused the...