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O'Connor: U.S. must rely on foreign law Justice says, 'The impressions we create in this world are important' Posted: October 31, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com American courts need to pay more attention to international legal decisions to help create a more favorable impression abroad, said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at an awards dinner in Atlanta. "The impressions we create in this world are important, and they can leave their mark," O'Connor said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The 73-year-old justice and some of her high court colleagues have made similar appeals to foreign law,...