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Sonia Sotomayor: “I do not believe that foreign law should be used to determine the result under constitutional law or American law.”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
I do not believe that foreign law should be used to determine the result under constitutional law or American law.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

Editor's note · Context

Sotomayor clarifies her stance against using foreign law in American legal decisions.

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