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To: Chancellor Palpatine
That is really a misleading headline. She never said what the headline implies she said.

The headline says "Bypass Constitution?" with a question mark.

What she said was:

"I suspect," Justice O'Connor said, "that over time we will rely increasingly — or take notice, at least — increasingly on international and foreign courts in examining domestic issues."

The headline, which asks if O'Connor is greenlighting bypassing the U.S. Constitution in favor of international opinion, passes in my book, since she did in fact use the word "rely" (then amended to "or take notice...").

Had the headline ommitted the question mark and outright asserted that she declared the Supreme Court would now disregard The Constitution you would be correct in your complaint.

18 posted on 10/30/2003 6:26:25 AM PST by cyncooper
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To: cyncooper
--or take notice, at least-- is lawyerspeak. The "at least" phrase leaves the door wide open to what will be "at most".
65 posted on 10/30/2003 8:10:03 AM PST by Smokin' Joe
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