Ginsburg: OK to look to foreign law for good ideas

ap ^ | 07/30/10 | ap

[goldendays]

Ginsburg: OK to look to foreign law for good ideas

(AP) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says judges can look to foreign law for good ideas without diminishing their ability to apply U.S. law faithfully.

Ginsburg told a meeting of international lawyers Friday that American judges can learn from their foreign counterparts when seeking solutions to "trying questions." Ginsburg said high court nominee Elena Kagan got it right when she told senators at her confirmation hearing that she was in favor of good ideas "wherever you can get them." Ginsburg acknowledged that other justices, including Antonin Scalia, are sharp critics of the use of foreign law in Supreme Court decisions. Still, she predicted the high court will continue to look to courts in other democracies for occasional help.

[americanophile]

No, they can’t. It’s totally irrelevant. Judges don’t need ideas about foreign law - they simply need to evaluate the legality and applicability of laws passed by our state legislatures and the Congress based upon the Constitution. End of story.

[grey_whiskers]

I was thinking more along the lines of female circumcision. That would smarten her up.

That would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

For the practitioner.

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

LOL -- I didn't even notice at first that you changed the *face* as well, and not just the lettering.

Cheers!

[Chode]

go back to sleep...

[JimC214]

I wonder if she has a copy of the Nuremburg Laws as a reference. Since she is so fond of foreign legal opinions.

[auboy]

RBG has never thought the US Constitution matters for much. She does not agree with it. Her ideology prefers foreign over domestic.

[Marathoner]

Justice Breyer: U. S. Constitution should be subordinated to international will

If we had a Congress that was worth a s##t, that would be sufficient grounds for his impeachment.

I hate being so profane, but I'm just so damn sick and tired of the regime and all the useful idiots surrounding them.

[KC_Lion]

Is that Real? Goodness, I wonder what the stenographer or whoever drew that was thinking at the time!

[VaRepublican]

Hello Ruth , I’m a somewhat competant rube from Va. and no!! you should not use foriegn law for any decisions based in the United States of America.

[Jacquerie]

There are 50 states in the American tradition that pass laws every day. Instead of looking to the American people as represented by them in state legislatures, the tyrants like Ginsberg, The Wise Latina, Butch Kagan will look to legal barbarians for guidance. They flick away state laws as if they were lint and look to shithole nations in Africa for guidance. Welcome to the tyranny. Americans will not long stand for this.

Tyrants should fear for their personal safety. Most of our Congress and Scotus qualify.

[DBrow]

lol then

He has no idea what the Constitution is, or what the role of the Supremes is.

Like many people these days.

[hal ogen]

Ginsburg is a senile, liberal freakazoid to the nth degree. Hey, Ruthie...it is called the Constitution. Didn’t you take some sort of oath to abide by it, you loser? Can’t you remember? Walk on over to the Archives and take a peek.

[goldendays]

Douglas MacArthur told the U.N to go to hell > I will not turn over my plans to the U.N

[rockinqsranch]

Diversion. Ginsburg, and the Leftists on the court aren’t looking for good ideas, they’re looking to emulate and coordinate with the rest of the Leftist World.

They, the Leftists are un-American, and intent upon proving it.

[combat_boots]

You mean, like, Afghanistan? Zimbabwe? Ruthie, it’s a good thing you’re leaving.

[Publius6961]

One would think that a U.S. Supreme Court Justice first might look at the U.S. Constitution, the many debates that preceded its adoption, and its evolution over the first 40 years of its existence.

Just a thought.

[Republican Wildcat]

Foreign court decisions cannot possibly be made with the U.S. Constitution as a base...how could they possibly be relevant?

[Joe Boucher]

Yes BUT McArthur had a set of Cajone’s.

[Grampa Dave]

Okay Ruthie can you name the European leader, who wants to revokes citizenship or removal of any illegal threatening police or leaders of that nation?

Due to the copyright laws of AP, you will have to go there and read the good news.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-hptb5&p=Sarkozy%20Threatens%20Immigrants%20Who%20Target%20Police&type=

[corvus]

“Still, she predicted the high court will continue to look to courts in other democracies for occasional help.”

Nonsense. She does not serve in the legislative branch.