[Noachian]

There are no specifics as to what cases foreign law was introduced into the High Court's opinions, but I don't doubt that it happened - more than once. News of what Sowell is writing about has been circulating in the media for some time now.

American law has plenty of precedents for the unelected High Court Justices to state opinions on any matter that comes before it without having to rely on foreign law. The only reason for the High Court Justices to seek out alien precedents (presumably socialistic) can have nothing to do with law, but it can have a great deal to do with Socialist ideology.

When High Court Justices foresake the Constitution as the sole guide for their opinions, and substitute precedents from cultures alien to the American justice system, those justices have foresaken their vows to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.

That these unelected Justices do this openly and with the arrogance of those unaccountable to no one is a slap in the face to the American people in general and the American Congress specifically.

How many more decisions based on socialist doctrine will the High Court foist on American society, while Congress looks the other way, before the people take matters into their own hands and amend the Constitution to elect the High Court Justices? How far down the socialist path must America go while waiting for a sheepish Congress to use its authority to regulate the Court?

The unelected High Court has been given power without accountablity. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[Carry_Okie]

There were two slaps in the face, the latter of which may more concerning than what Sowell cited: "international standards" and the chilling words, "compelling State interest."

[Kay Ludlow]

How many more decisions based on socialist doctrine will the High Court foist on American society, while Congress looks the other way, before the people take matters into their own hands and amend the Constitution to elect the High Court Justices?

I don't think electing judges is the answer, I think impeaching them for ignoring the constitution and relying on extra-constitutional (european) law is the answer. When we went to electing Senators instead of having them appointed by the states, we really seemed to lose them as advocates for the rights of the states, so I'm not sure that was to our benefit.