Justice Antonin Scalia last week bemoaned a recent trend on the high court of citing international opinion to support decisions interpreting the U.S. Constitution. The conservative judge sparred Thursday with Justice Stephen G. Breyer in a rare televised debate on the role of foreign judgments in deciding Supreme Court cases. The debate foreshadowed a Court divide over the constitutionality of executing juvenile killers, a ruling that could come as early as this week.
January 18, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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Justice Antonin Scalia chastised the “arrogance” of U.S. judges who seek to decide politically charged questions involving gay rights and the death penalty by citing international law.
The conservative judge sparred Thursday with Justice Stephen G. Breyer in a rare televised debate at American University on the role of foreign judgments in deciding Supreme Court cases.
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