Is there any meaningful historical research on the issue? Additional thoughts: Doesn't the originalist interpretation approach give effect to the mistakes made by the founders? Is this a tenable approach when it is practically impossible to amend the constitution to correct mistakes?
Bork was nominated more than 20 years ago, so can I shoehorn this into askHistorians?
I think this might belong in /r/AskSocialScience. See the section on whether your question belongs here.