To: clawrence3
whichever Justice cited FOREIGN precedent as justification should have Articles of Impeachment submitted TODAY! Oh really? Justice Scalia is fond of citing British sources in his decisions--Blackstone, Coke, etc. You want to start with him?
Didn't think so.
To: Publius Valerius; clawrence3
There is a difference. British common law has been incorporated into the American legal system, since we started as British colonies.
198 posted on
03/01/2005 7:56:01 AM PST by
Pyro7480
("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
To: Publius Valerius
The Founders quoted foreign sources
at the time the Constitution was drawn up and ratified. Tell the
whole truth.
If Scalia quotes a newer foreign source, it would be referenced back through a line of legal or philosophical reasoning at the time of founding -- that is it would be a strongly derivative commentary upon the very sources the Founder's used. IMO.
587 posted on
03/01/2005 10:21:31 AM PST by
bvw
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