From the New York Times:
Over three days of testimony, between declining to answer questions on specific cases and legal issues, Judge (John) Roberts made clear that his approach to interpreting the Constitution is more varied and flexible than the originalism subscribed to by Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia. President Bush has singled them out as models for the sorts of justices he planned to appoint.
“I think the framers, when they used broad language like ‘liberty,’ like ‘due process,’ like ‘unreasonable’ with respect to search and seizures, they were crafting a document that they intended to apply in a meaningful way down the ages,” Judge Roberts said Wednesday.
He said he would consider not only how the framers of the Constitution understood those words, but also how courts have interpreted them and how they apply to evolving societal conditions.
