…Of The UNITED STATES

The Constitution of the UNITED STATES is the name of the document. It is not the Constitution of the United States and other countries. We have our own Constitution because we got tired of living by another countries rules. Unfortunately, some of the Supreme Court Justices believe that we are obligated to look at the laws of other countries and see how they apply us. Justice Ruth (Darth) Bader Ginsburg thinks it is a good idea to use the laws of other nations to make decisions here in the US. I have a bit of advice for her; learn our laws and forget about the other nations. If we want to live by their rules we will move there.

From Stop the ACLU:

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg gave a speech in South Africa last month, which, for some reason, is just now being publicized. Ginsburg’s speech was titled “A Decent Respect for the Opinions of [Human]kind.” In it, Ginsburg argued explicitly for the relevance of foreign law and court decisions to interpretation of the American Constitution. Ginsburg did not try to hide the partisan nature of this issue; at one point, she referred to “the perspective I share with four of my current colleagues,” and she specifically criticized Justice Antonin Scalia, Judge Richard Posner, and the two bills that were introduced in Congress in 2004 and were broadly supported by Republicans. And she indulged in an outrageous bit of demagoguery, suggesting that those who disagree with her are somehow aligned with Justice Taney’s infamous defense of slavery in the Dred Scott case.

Go to Stop the ACLU to read the rest of this interesting story. Ginsburg sleeps through court sessions, perhaps she should stay awake and she might actually learn something.

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