Posted on 11/08/2004 12:48:55 PM PST by Conservative Coulter Fan
I think you're being naive on that point.
What is this all pervasive trend to "One World" rule - The "world" can't take care of itself. It's a total mess - or yeah, we want the French and Germans weighing in our court cases...this is really getting scary
We need Thomas for our next Chief Justice - and pray "W: gets to put in at min 3 more! People that recognize OUR CONSTITUTION is our law...our country is sovereign
Spoken like a member of the USSR's politburo.
Just what America needs: more socialist/commies in the soopreme kort.
She's a big one-world government proponent and you don't want to admit it. She, and others on the bench, are dangerous to America.
No it is consistent with what has been said in the past by O'Connor. No remarks have suggested applying international law contrary to the constitution. At worst she suggested earlier that where there is silence in the Constitution it would be reasonable to "consider" iL. This is normal jurisprudence with a long tradition behind it. Our early laws were made with English law in mind and Blackstone and Coke were the first authorities consulted on any legal question.
In addition we have from our beginning taken Maritime Law (which is a form of international law) as part of our code.
These fears are overblown and only generated by taking things out of context. They aren't terribly realistic. There are not a lot of things different between our laws and international law. Most differences are fairly minor.
Another point is that "international" law means European law since the Islamic nations and LDCs are never included.
No she is not see #44. I have no reason to defend her particularly if unwarranted.
45 not 44
Okay, you asked for it. Justice OConnor is advocating a consensus among nations and shes saying that international law is just that, and that my friend is all the ammunition I need because the Supreme Court is supposed to interpret that United States Constitution and it isnt supposed to rely upon any sort of rulings by foreign court or international law. Consensus has been a preferred agent of change for the left. Its like capital punishment. The ACLU and others on the loony left always make it a point to say were the last industrialized nation that still has capital punishment. Thats why the Europeans have threatened to economically sanction the state of Texas. Consensus is about corralling us in the herd.
Keep it Up! Conservative Coulter Fan: I agree with you totally. I saw that quote by Ginsberg a while back and it put a knot in my stomach.
Now, with this Specter thing, I think WE THE PEOPLE need to turn these justices around and point them back to America soil and law.
/agree 100%
Well, I never thought the O'Kennedy segment of the Court were textualists. They seem to be studying Gallup and realclearpolitics.com in deciding any number of cases. I do know that within the past few years, the Court Fellowship Commission (made up of judges and partners from big D.C. firms) has increasingly granted fellowships to international lawyers. Maybe that's the source of the influence.
I would prefer she sticks with the constitution
O'Connor has never suggested that the Court "rely" on iL merely that it will "consider" it. I "consider" voting for a RAT every time I enter the polls but never do because I consider what he stands for. I can "consider" what Russian law says without it prejudicing me in any way against the US Constitution.
These are groundless fears now and were six months ago when a similiar discussion took place. Of course, you ignored what I pointed out wrt our own past.
Thank you...I need all the help and support I can get because we all can agree that we face a hostile liberal media and that couldn't be better summed up than by the N.Y. Times Editorial Page.
Sure is.
The Supreme Court is supposed to interpret the Constitution of the United States...not foreign rulings...not international law. She has made it a duty and I hope she chokes on those very words.
You need to read Article III, Section 2 to understand what the Court's charged with. It is not what you think.
Key words: international law, globalization, more peaceful world, and "international law is no longer a legal specialty, it is becoming a duty."
But Justice O'Connor, WE LOSE OUR SOVEREIGNTY, WE LOSE EVERYTHING!
Precisely! Thats a good summation.
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