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Kennedy Defends Foreign Law Citations

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That's the title of an AP dispatch by Mark Sherman, via the Washington Post.  LINKJust who was Justice Anthony Kennedy calling out when he fired back at critics of the Supreme Court's use of international law in its opinions? "There was kind of a 'know-nothing' aspect to the debate, it seems to me," Kennedy said, recounting the hue and cry that followed his opinion outlawing the execution of people who were not yet 18 when they killed. In the 5-4 ruling, Kennedy invoked the practice of other countries in support of his position. Only a few countries continue to allow the execution of juveniles. "This confirms our judgment" that the death penalty for those under 18 violates the Eighth Amendment, Kennedy said Wednesday night at the Meridian International Center in Washington...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).