I do not believe that foreign law should be used to determine the result under constitutional law or American law.
Sonia Sotomayor: “I do not believe that foreign law should be used to determine the result under constitutional law or American law.”
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Sotomayor clarifies her stance against using foreign law in American legal decisions.
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