Justice Ginsburg Backs Value of Foreign Law

NY Times ^ | April 2, 2005 | ANNE E. KORNBLUT

[Leto]

Justice Ginsburg should be consulting the United States Constitution, foreign courts are irrelevant. If she believes that judges can/should consult foriegn opinion and foriegn laws, she should be impeached and removed from the bench.

[SierraWasp]

I actually think she could now be considered a foreign AGENT and should be required to register as such. She, and her ilk obviously lusts after destroying this country!!!

Must we sit idly by, here on our computers, and just watch this shabby shift happen???

[LauraJean]

better it move to Florida

[SierraWasp]

"Breyer is just as bad."

From where I sit, Kennedy is just as bad on this foreign input into our EXCEPTIONAL CONSTITUTION!!! (sorry for the yell, but what the hell is this crappola, anyway?)

[SierraWasp]

"...she is operating in violation of her oath."

And devaluing everything we stand/have stood for to the point of making it not worth fighting and dying for very soon!!!

[SierraWasp]

BANG! BANG! BANG! (sound of gavel wrapping!)

And there you have it... right there in the oath she took... SHE LIED!!! ("under the Constitution and laws of the United States!!!")

[SierraWasp]

You're right, but most people don't think in terms of fine distinctions like that! What we REALLY need, and fast... is a truly RUTHLESS SCOTUS!!!

[Pharmboy]

I agree that foreign laws should be considered... but not by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is Congress' responsibility to make the laws.

What an excellent point. It seems so obvious now, but I NEVER would have thought of it. Thanks for posting.

[SierraWasp]

"I know."

Yes you do and God Bless You for those prose!!!

[Pharmboy]

Several on this thread have brought up impeachment. Can any of you Freeper legal eagles tell us if this is possible? What potential grounds are there for her impeachment? I would be for it, certainly...if for no other reason than she gives heart to the lower court judges who think that way.

[little jeremiah]

Exactly so. Every time I read one of your comments I agree 100%. At least so far!

I've GOT to read "Men in Black" by Mark Levin.

[Natural Law]

In related news a Colorado death penalty conviction was thrown out by the courts becasue a juror had referenced the bible. Someone need to ask Ginsberg why it is OK to consult foreign law, but not the bible.

[SierraWasp]

I get your point, but shouldn't we be reaching for and grabbing something other than "popcorn?"

(wouldn't a pen, at least, have more potential power for corrective change?)

[Dog Gone]

Wasp, you've GOT to be able to multi-task in today's political environment.

Popcorn, pens, and pistols.

(Okay, maybe not pistols, but I needed another P word for alliteration and that sounded impressive.)

[cgbg]

Is a lifelong appointment to the bench such a great idea.

I don't feel strongly about that _as long as_ we have Presidents, Governors, and Legislatures determined to reclaim their authority.

While the Courts are insanely out of control it is the responsibility of our elected officials to step up, take responsibility for their actions, and refuse to acknowledge grossly absurd court decisions.

As has mentioned on this Board many times, the model is Abraham Lincoln's refusal to support the Fugitive Slave Act despite the Supreme Court's ruling in Dred Scott.

Lincoln said "Chief Justice Taney has made his decision. Now let him enforce it."

It is time for governors and W to say those exact same words on capital punishment cases, gay marriage cases, abortion cases etc.

Otherwise there is no point in having elections at all. The President, Governors, Congress and Legislatures should just go home and let the courts run the country if they are not prepared to take the actions necessary to see that their will, the public's will, is enforced.

[NormsRevenge]

The Constitution provides for its own amendment.

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and imo, it would seem , its own destruction as well when good people do nothing to protect and preserve it, and only seek to 'enhance' it and make it more with the times.

The living 'Constitution' only appeals to those who would seek to destroy it, for at the roots of some folks belief, the world is in turmoil because our Founding Fathers sought a new way of governing, not ruled by earthly desires and human foibles.

[swordfish71]

""Judges in the United States are free to consult all manner of commentary,"

No, Justice Ginsberg, you are supposed to consult the US Constitution.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

This is why we must keep the filibuster.IMO

HUH????

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Which is, in a nut shell, why the Democrats in the Senate are opposing Bush nominees on an ideological rather than a qualification (experience and morals) basis.

Exactly....we must put the Judiciary back as a coequal branch of the Federal Government rather than a super legislative branch!!

[chickenlips]

Well, I've always said, "Ruth Vader Ginsberg may look like Yoda, but she belongs to the dark side, when it comes to protecting our liberties."