Originalism in baby steps:

1. The Constitution is law. Its provisions--including its amendments--should be interpreted in accord with the meaning they bore at the time they were adopted. (Everyone has this sound intuition with respect to what "natural born Citizen" means.) 1/

2. The Constitution, as amended, sets forth bounds on government power. Originalists dispute among themselves precise limits of those bounds. But all agree what within those bounds the democratic processes are free to operate to revise policies to adapt to changing circumstances.

3. It is the modern project of the "living Constitution" that aims to prevent democratic processes from adapting to changing circumstances. It seeks to *entrench* favored progressive policies--e.g., on abortion.

4. At bottom, the alternative to originalism is *just making it up*. That's tempting, to be sure, as it's a way to get the results you want, irrespective of what Constitution says and of how it can fairly be interpreted.

5. How do we know what Constitution means when it says that president must be at least 35? Because originalist inquiry tells us that public meaning of age at time of Framing was in base 10, not base 6 or base 12. (Yeah, innumerates won't get this.)

6. Contra Left's claim, there are no "clear" provisions of Constitution that don't ultimately depend on originalism for their clarity.

7. If you're still in doubt, go ahead and take my "Are You an Originalist?" test. https://eppc.org/publications/are-you-an-originalist/