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Jeff Sessions: “There is a raging debate in this country and no one denies it over the extent to which foreign law can be cited to…”

On the recordJune 30, 2010
There is a raging debate in this country and no one denies it over the extent to which foreign law can be cited to define a constitution and laws of this country.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions highlights the ongoing debate about referencing foreign law in U.S. constitutional interpretation.

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