According to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, making an “all important good impression” in the international community is more essential to the judiciary than upholding Constitutional law. At an October 28 awards dinner in Atlanta, Justice O’Connor was quoted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as citing two recent Supreme Court cases that demonstrate the increased willingness of U.S. courts to take international opinion and law into account in their decisions. This is nothing new for those who’ve kept up with the antics of our modern day Supreme Court. More and more our courts are stepping away from the Constitution and towards laws...
