A flap over foreign matter at the Supreme Court House members protest use of non-U.S. rulings in big cases
Monday, March 15, 2004
- Organization: MSNBC
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WASHINGTON - Stepping into a battle between the liberal and conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican House members are protesting the court's increasing use of foreign legal precedents in interpreting the Constitution.
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