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Key Congressman slams foreign influence at Supreme Court.


"The American people An American people may be:
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 have not consented to rule by foreign powers or tribunals, and have never authorized our courts to rely upon foreign judgments or pronouncements when interpreting either American statutory or constitutional provisions."

Responding to the growing tendency of some Supreme Court members to rely on foreign rulings to make their decisions, House Judiciary Committee Judiciary Committee may refer to:
  • U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
  • U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
 chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) spoke before the Judicial Conference of the United States The Judicial Conference of the United States formulates the administrative policies for the federal courts. The Judicial Conference also makes recommendations on a wide range of topics that relate to the federal courts. The conference is chaired by the chief justice of the U.S. , an organization of judges headed by Chief Justice William Rehnquist Noun 1. William Rehnquist - United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)
Rehnquist, William Hubbs Rehnquist
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Title Annotation:snapshots
Publication:The New American
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 18, 2005
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