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Bush offers his condolences

It’s not like I swore an oath

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg no longer considers the US Constitution to be the "supreme law of the land":http://brothersjudd.blogspot.com/2003_08_03_brothersjudd_archive.html#106000932385560282 when considering her judicial opinions.

"Our island or lone ranger mentality is beginning to change," Ginsburg said during a speech to the American Constitution Society, a liberal lawyers group holding its first convention. Justices "are becoming more open to comparative and international law perspectives," said Ginsburg, who has supported a more global view of judicial decision making… "While you are the American Constitution Society, your perspective on constitutional law should encompass the world," she told the group of judges, lawyers and students.

"In other news":http://brothersjudd.blogspot.com/2003_08_03_brothersjudd_archive.html#106002768056295540, other judges admit that they want to "run the world":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17134-2003Aug3.html and that the judicial system should be "liberal and progressive":http://www.msnbc.com/news/947457.asp?0sl=-10

[Stephen] Reinhardt, who was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Carter in 1980, added, "Let’s be clear about another thing: 'moderate' and 'liberal' are not the same. ... We ought to restore a liberal, progressive philosophy this nation needs and our Constitution demands."