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Title: An American Amendment. (The Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention - 2007: American Exceptionalism)
Author : Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Release Date : January 22, 2009
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 272 KB

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In two of the most controversial cases of the past decade, Roper v. Simmons (1) and Lawrence v. Texas, (2) the Supreme Court relied on foreign law to help determine the meaning of the United States Constitution. (3) This short Essay will explain why such citations violate important constitutional principles and will suggest a possible constitutional remedy. I. FOREIGN LAW AS A MECHANISM OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE