And in some instances, it has been Scalia and Thomas who have done so more than those who may think of themselves less as originalists (in one recent case in particular Scalia and Thomas dissented from the majority which held that convicted child
molesters could be indefinitely
imprisoned despite having fully served their sentences based on subtle shifts of language and the over-application of prior case law — no one wants a child
molester free and about, but such results focused outcomes are always dangerous).