If I am wrong then their oath is meaningless.
Any judge citing foreign law as a basis for making a decision which affects the legal status of any American is acting in an un-Constitutional manner, the decision has no legal standing, and should be ignored. Furthermore, the judge SHOULD be impeached.
But that would require a Senate with a.) guts b.) a spine and c.) leadership.
In other words, what the USSC has done will be upheld as 'the law of the land'.
A dark day for our Republic. What's left of it anyway.
"I am neither a scholar nor a lawyer but common sense tells me that when one takes an oath to uphold the US Constitution and then uses foriegn laws, customs and practices as a SOURCE for any decision rather than the US Constitution, and customs laws and practices of THIS nation, they are open for Impeachment.
If I am wrong then their oath is meaningless."
You're exactly right. They swore an oath to uphold the U.S. Consitution. Instead they bowed to the wimps in Europe who would do anything in their power to weaken the social and moral foundations of America. They should be impeached.
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"I am neither a scholar nor a lawyer but common sense tells me that when one takes an oath to uphold the US Constitution and then uses foriegn laws, customs and practices as a SOURCE for any decision rather than the US Constitution, and customs laws and practices of THIS nation, they are open for Impeachment."
I guess since you are neither a scholar nor a lawyer, you couldn't be expected to know that US law is based on English Common Law; England being a foreign country.
Further, the case in question involves minors. It may tie into the idea of an individual not having legal "capacity" when young, or it may tie into the concept of "cruel and unusual punishment."
Find the definition of "cruel and unusual punishment" in the constitution. But since it isn't there, it falls back to interpretation. Same for capacity.
That interpretation is the job of the SC.
FYI I personally believe in the death penalty. I believe it should be used more. I'm not sure using it more on minors is the more I am most comfortable with.