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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sandintoes who wrote (48410)	3/10/2005 5:32:25 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Quick, what is the position of the Jamaican Privy Council on the 5th Amendment? Justice Kennedy’s Mind Where the Constitution resides. By Jonah Goldberg ".....Justice Anthony Kennedy — who seems to be envious of Justice David Souter's status as the most disappointing Republican appointee — writes, "It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty." Why? Why is that proper? I truly have no idea. Perhaps Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg knows? In a speech in 2003, Justice Ginsberg openly expressed her hope that America would discard its "Lone Ranger" attitude when it comes to interpreting — get this — our own Constitution. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor — another perennial contender to unseat Souter in the most disappointing justice category — predicts that we "will find ourselves looking more frequently to the decisions of other constitutional courts." Globalization is creating "one world," she explains, and the future challenge for the court will be to figure out how "our Constitution" "fits into the governing documents of other nations." Justice Stephen Breyer outdoes them all. He's invoked the rulings of the supreme courts of Zimbabwe and India and the Privy Council of Jamaica to support his rulings...." nationalreview.com - Rick