Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia repeated his opposition Thursday to invoking foreign law in high court constitutional decisions, but said Congress should not legislate against the practice. His admonition was a twist on his peeve about his colleagues' citation of foreign or international rulings in decisions on such issues as gay rights, affirmative action and the death penalty for juveniles. As much as Scalia opposes the practice, his loyalty to an independent Court apparently led him to speak out.
May 19, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Thursday repeated his strong opposition to invoking foreign law in Supreme Court constitutional decisions — but he said Congress should not legislate against the practice.
“I don’t think it’s any of your business,” Scalia said before a lunch meeting of the National Italian American Foundation that included many members of Congress of Italian descent. “I’ll be darned if I think it’s up to Congress to tell us how to rule.”
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