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Ginsburg Renews Defense of Foreign Law Citations

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That's the title of an article in today's edition of the Bulletin of Philadelphia.  LINK  It's written by Joe Murray.  Here's an extended excerpt:This weekend, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg continued to defend the court?s use of international citations in constitutional cases by arguing such a policy would bolster the judicial body?s standing international community. ?I frankly don?t understand all the brouhaha lately from Congress and even from some of my colleagues about referring to foreign law,? Justice Ginsburg said in her comments on Friday during a symposium at Ohio State University?s Moritz College of Law honoring her tenure on the nation?s highest court. ?There is perhaps a misunderstanding that when you refer to a decision of [foreign courts] that you are using those as binding precedent,? Mrs...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).