[Pharmboy]

Dr. Rice described Justice Ginsberg as "a great and good friend," adding that they also happened to be neighbors.

I will now consider taking my "Condi in '08" bumper sticker off of the Blazer.

[ken5050]

These comments are a direct response to DeLay...The Judiciary is circling the wagons..

[Diogenesis]

These morons protect murderers, terrorists and execute innocent Americans
as they GROVEL before foreign courts.

They are nothing but a 'pox' on America.

[drlevy88]

Oh shoot, why not give up and just write a World Constitution. It would be so much easier than all these pesky countries.

[dalereed]

Ginsburg & Spector need to follow the dodo bird into the world of extinction!

[goldstategop]

Our Krytocrats don't believe in the Constitution. They don't even consider themselves bound by American laws either. Its amazing people who should know better genuflect to them as though they were the Oracle Of The Universe.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[drlevy88]

"Judges in the United States are free to consult all manner of commentary," she said in a speech to several hundred lawyers and scholars here Friday.

Except the bible, it would seem

[peyton randolph]

[SpaceBar]

Some serious thought needs to go into possible legal avenues to have the hag of the ACLU removed from the bench.

[maxter]

This is scary folks.

[cbkaty]

Can anyone point to any United States legislation that gives her or the court this authority?

[maxter]

Question is, does Condi agree with this?

[Savage Beast]

"the United States system should, if anything, consider international law more often."

Of course! And not merely the judicial branch of government!

The United States system should also consider the wishes of the international community by letting everyone in the world have a vote in U.S. elections--federal, state, local, et al.

And furthermore! The executive branch! Why should we not take advantage of such international luminaries as...say...Kofi Annan or Osama bin Laden or Jacques Chirac or Kim Jon-Il and allow the people of the world to elect them to the U.S. presidency?

(You know. The more you hear from Leftist morons like Ginsberg the more you shake your head and wonder how the human race has managed as well as it has.)

Hey! Here's a good idea, Ruth! Let's let the United Nations interpret the Constitution for us!

What am I saying? This nitwit will think it's a great idea!

[RedEyeJack]

Making laws is the duty of the Congress. They are the only ones who have to consider foreign opinion. They of course are answerable to THE PEOPLE so if THE PEOPLE want to follow a foreign lead then so will Congress. For judges to interpret laws any way other than as they are written by representatives of THE PEOPLE is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. If judges don't follow the Constitution THE PEOPLE have recourse through the Congress to remove them via the impeachment process. Correct me if I am wrong... I think this is 9th grade Civics.

The problem is that these judges are "making" laws that 40% of THE PEOPLE and most of the press agree with, and, since this 40% can't assert their will any other way, they support, and will continue to support, the Kritocracy now in place. Which is, in a nut shell, why the Democrats in the Senate are opposing Bush nominees on an ideological rather than a qualification (experience and morals) basis.

I feel much better now!

[Non-Sequitur]

Justice Scalia lambasted that logic, saying that "like-minded foreigners" should not be given a role in helping interpret the Constitution.

I couldn't begin to estimate the number of Supreme Court decisions which included quotes from the writings of Sir William Blackstone in their decisions. I suppose Justice Scalia would be ripping apart Chief Justice Marshall for that as well.

[SouthCarolinaKit]

I WANT MY CONSTITUTION BACK! Without it we've got nothing by tyranny by the judiciary. Their being limited by the Constitution is required for any balance of powers; ohterwise, they can decide anything and are defined as dectators. Any judge, on any level, who makes a decision based on Anything except our Constituion is violating our law and MUST BE IMPEACHED!!

[cgbg]

Judges in the United States are free to consult all manner of commentary," she said in a speech to several hundred lawyers and scholars here Friday.

Governors and Presidents of the United States are free to enforce or not enforce any court decisions of their state or federal judiciary.

Would you like to play a game?

How about global thermonuclear war?

(This references an old movie about a boy hacking into the Pentagon's computer--in my view these justices have "hacked" into the Constitution and are playing with fire.)

[First_Salute]

She should be impeached, for abuse of powers; the highest crime a judge can commit, is to operate outside the authority of the Constitution, and she has confessed to doing just that.; all federal agents, and that includes all federal judges, have only the powers authorized to them, and that does not include such consultations of foreign commentaries as she has described. Not to mention, that she is operating in violation of her oath.

[cardinal4]

After a strongly worded dissent in a juvenile death penalty case from Justice Antonin Scalia last month that accused the court of putting too much faith in international opinion, Justice Ginsberg said the United States system should, if anything, consider international law more often.

She must be removed..

[Quix]

Isn't there a very pointed FOREIGN obolisque somewhere that we could perch her putootie on with some cray glue somewhere as a particularly patriotic performance?

[Mannaggia l'America]

The Oath of Office for a Supreme Court Justice:

"I, [NAME], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [TITLE] under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God."

She should be impeached.