Scalia: Foreign law isn't ours

Judges who use foreign laws to interpret the U.S. Constitution are rewriting it rather than respecting its founders, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a roomful of judges and top lawyers in Houston on Monday night.

"I fear the courts' use of foreign law in interpreting the Constitution will continue at an accelerated pace,"

the 72-year-old conservative jurist said.

[the constitution is our rule book - as written - as evidenced by the fact it contains the mechanism to change it over time to remain relevant. Anyone arguing otherwise is looking to have their way without the 'trouble' of getting citizen approval to change it.]

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