From a CNN report of the death penalty ruling:
'Juvenile offenders have been put to death in recent years in only a few other countries, including Iran, Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia. Kennedy cited international opposition to the practice.
"It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty, resting in large part on the understanding that the instability and emotional imbalance of young people may often be a factor in the crime," he wrote.'
The supreme court didn't use international law as a basis for the ruling, only referred to other countries to show that their position was similar to that of other countries.
Once again a symbolic issue is raised by some political group, gets everyone hot under the collar, and deflects people from discussions of real issues.
As several comments have already said this bill is just grandstanding by politicians that want to use it in their next round of fund raising letters.
How does this put food on your family's table?
"How does this put food on your family's table?"
What a lame, irrelevant question. Of course it doesn't. But it may GET THE BALL ROLLING to reign in a rogue SCOTUS. If that doesn't interest you, then that's your problem.