From an article at World Net Daily, O'Connor praises international law,
we find statements like:
At least five members of the current U.S. Supreme Court align themselves with O'Connor's position that international law has a role in U.S. courts.In 2003, Ruth Bader Ginsburg told the American Constitution Society her colleagues are looking beyond America's borders for guidance in handling cases on issues like the death penalty and homosexual rights.
In a decision earlier that year in a Texas case in which anti-sodomy laws were overruled, the justices first referred to the findings of foreign courts. The year before, the court said executing mentally retarded people is unconstitutionally cruel, noting the practice was opposed internationally. Ginsburg cited an international treaty in her vote in 2003 to uphold the use of race in college admissions.
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Ginsburg, O'Connor and Stephen Breyer discussed the death penalty and terrorism with French President Jacques Chirac during a European tour that included a conference on the European constitution that same year. France outlawed the death penalty in 1981. Five members of the court attended the conference.
"While you are the American Constitution Society, your perspective on constitutional law should encompass the world," she told the group of judges, lawyers and students. "We are the losers if we do not both share our experiences with and learn from others."
This is horrific... and grounds for impeachment for every one of them. Not only are they activists, both these justices and the federal court justices across the country - but they are abandoning the Constitution in favor of "international norms" in order to decide cases.
Later this term, the Supreme Court is scheduled to decide the constitutionality of executing juvenile killers – a case that has attracted wide interest overseas, with many foreign nations filing briefs pointing to international human rights norms as a justification for banning the practice. O'Connor did not specifically mention the case.She said recognizing international law could foster more civilized societies in the United States and abroad.
"International law is a help in our search for a more peaceful world," said O'Connor.
So we're not just talking about understanding international legal implications for foreign nationals.... we're talking about DECIDING CONSTITUTIONALITY of laws. And THIS these justices are going to do based on INTERNATIONAL laws? In particular, on European laws, many of which are based on secular humanistic ideas of "justice"? Impeachment. It's about the only alternative that I can think of. This is clear grounds (if the Texas joke of a case wasn't clear enough) for impeachment.
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