Interestingly, Gorsuch and his fellow travelers aren't the first textualists. Two-thousand years ago they were called Pharisees, a group of pseudo-intellectuals whom Jesus excoriated for following the letter of the law, but ignoring its spirit
The Supreme Court's recent opinion that the 1964 Civil Rights Act's prohibition against "sex" discrimination offers protections for the "LGBT" groups has raised eyebrows and ire. But it's not surprising: The decision's author, Justice Neil Gorsuch, long ago made clear that he operates from false premises. One of these is what's called "textualism," which is not at all the same as originalism.
Conservatives also err, in my view, in claiming that Gorsuch has "redefined ‘sex.'" In reality, his ruling is instead based on a certain rationalization. Harvard law professor Noah Feldman, while essentially applauding Gorsuch's lawyer-craft, explained it well.
