The Occasional Observer

(paging Justice Ginsburg and 3-4 others) who wish to use foreign law as a factor in deciding cases:

No government is just unless it rests on the consent of the governed. We Americans have not consented to foreign laws. Case closed.

For four or five Supreme Court justices to refuse to understand that incredibly simple concept shows that we live in very very very very dangerous times.

ht: Quin Hillyer, AmSpecBlog, and legal analyst Christine Flowers