Good news on Alito
“I don’t think it’s appropriate or useful to look to foreign law in interpreting the provisions of our Constitution,” Judge Alito said in response to questions from Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, in the third day of the judge’s confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“I think the Framers would be stunned by the idea that the Bill of Rights is to be interpreted by taking a poll of the countries of the world,”
Ayup.
January 19th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
the constitution was based on foreign law. it is ignorant and arrogant to ignore what the rest of the world is doing.
January 19th, 2006 at 12:23 pm
Sorry, but that’s crap.