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27.4.05

International law...

The Supremes recently decided that people convicted in foreign courts may still own guns under U.S. law. Justice Breyer wrote:
  • "We have no reason to believe that Congress considered the added enforcement advantages flowing from inclusion of foreign crimes, weighing them against, say, the potential unfairness of preventing those with inapt foreign convictions from possessing guns."
Yet, these are the same people who cite foreign legal and cultural standards when deciding that minors in America may not be given the death penalty.

Though I am amazed that I saw a day where the left Supremes voted to protect gun rights, I am struggling to find any objecive standard as to when and how foreign laws carry weight in our own federal courts.

Did I miss the day when Article I Section I was amended to include Supreme Court justices among the legislative bodies in our republic?