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Originally Posted by stevo
so roach, I suspect you are in favor of judges using foreign laws as a basis for interpreting the US constitution?
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Why not? If it has good reasoning behind it. The international consensus of an issue should be taken into account. We are not and should not be an isolationist nation that tries to blind itself to conditions in nations around them.
They are our peers and our allies. We should care what they think. Courts around the world, likewise, often turn to decisions by our own SC to formulate their own opinions. It's not a one way circuit.