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On the recordMay 7, 2009
To put the point most simply, as a general matter, it is unfathomable how the law of, say, France, in 2009, could help one discern the original public meaning of the United States Constitution.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Hatch critiques reliance on foreign law for interpreting the U.S. Constitution.

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