Ginsburg said criticisms of relying too heavily on world opinion "should not lead us to abandon the effort to learn what we can from the experience and good thinking foreign sources may convey."The Constitution should be frozen from judicial activism. There is a prescribed method for changing the Constitution, it's called the amendment process and the judiciary doesn't have a role in that even at the Supreme Court level. If Justice Ginsburg would actually read the document, she would know that. The Supreme Court isn't supposed to be in the business of making laws; they exist to adjudicate the our laws, not someone else's.
"The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions has a certain kinship to the view that the U.S. Constitution is a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification," Ginsburg added in remarks to the members of the 99 year-old American Society of International Law in Washington, D.C.
Mark's Remarks
Amen, Matt. Justice Ginsberg and Justice Kennedy need to realize that they are serving the citizens of the United States, not their own special interests who pay them to visit, like the "Society of International Law". Therefore, they should adjudicate the laws of the United States. So, I suppose if a berka case or Muslim headgear case comes up, we should look to France???? Come on now.
The Constitution is the law of the land. The founders said it, wrote it that way. Justice Ginsberg (now I know, she is a Clinton appointee, so oaths probably don't mean much) took an oath to serve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, not whatever little tizzy Koffi and the boys are on now.
I am tired of this judicial activism, which began in the 1970s and has only gotten worse. Though it is misguided in its total revelation of judicial activism (I think it more judicial CYA in the soon to be mentioned case)involved in the Schiavo Case, I hope this new hard look at the judicial system will come up with reforms to keep these people from becoming imperialistic tyrants who change our laws at a whim. I see we need to start with Justice Ginsberg.
