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ck4829

(37,766 posts)
Fri May 6, 2022, 10:59 PM May 2022

I'm old enough to remember when conservatives were OUTRAGED about "foreign law" being used

All the way back from 2004...

*Cue wavy flashback effect. Diddly doo, diddly doo, diddly doo...*

Stepping into a battle between the liberal and conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican House members are protesting the court’s increasing use of foreign legal precedents in interpreting the Constitution.

Republican House members Tom Feeney of Florida and Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, joined by more than 50 co-sponsors, will propose a non-binding resolution next week that would express the sense of Congress that judicial decisions should not be based on foreign laws or court decisions.

While Feeney and Goodlatte, who are members of the House Judiciary Committee, can’t summon the justices before them to defend their use of foreign precedents, they hope to fire a rhetorical shot across the bow of jurists who increasingly look to foreign legal trends, especially in death penalty and gay rights cases.

Feeney even used the “I” word, impeachment, in an interview with MSNBC.com in his House office Wednesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4506232
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I'm old enough to remember when conservatives were OUTRAGED about "foreign law" being used (Original Post) ck4829 May 2022 OP
Beth VanDyn from Irving, Tx. 7wo7rees May 2022 #1
Yeah! I for one say fuck Habeas corpus, the Magna Carta and enverything that descended from it. 🤡 TheBlackAdder May 2022 #2
I remember that also LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 #3

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
1. Beth VanDyn from Irving, Tx.
Sat May 7, 2022, 12:53 AM
May 2022

The "Sharia Law" queen! Watch out for her.
She is way more dangerous than MTG.
Personal experience.

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
2. Yeah! I for one say fuck Habeas corpus, the Magna Carta and enverything that descended from it. 🤡
Sat May 7, 2022, 01:38 AM
May 2022

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,898 posts)
3. I remember that also
Sat May 7, 2022, 09:20 PM
May 2022

This is a crappy opinion and Alito has to rely on crappy sources to support his extreme views

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