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John Cornyn: “I would just say if academics or legislators or anybody else who has got creative juices flowing from the invocation of…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
I would just say if academics or legislators or anybody else who has got creative juices flowing from the invocation of foreign law, if they want to change the Constitution, my contention is the most appropriate way to do that is for the American people to do it through the amendment process rather than for judges to do it by relying on foreign law.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn argues for the amendment process over judicial interpretation involving foreign law.

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