http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/01/12/law-as-amendment-not-to-alito/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:27:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/01/12/law-as-amendment-not-to-alito/comment-page-1/#comment-146761 Grumpy Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:40:08 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2198#comment-146761 I've only been catching the hearings on NPR's round-the-clock coverage as I drive to and from work. But by far the dumbest thing I heard was one of the Senators asking Alito about the foundation of our legal system being in English Common Law and then trying to hold that up as an example of why we shouldn't be afraid to look at foriegn laws when determining cases. I've only been catching the hearings on NPR's round-the-clock coverage as I drive to and from work. But by far the dumbest thing I heard was one of the Senators asking Alito about the foundation of our legal system being in English Common Law and then trying to hold that up as an example of why we shouldn't be afraid to look at foriegn laws when determining cases.

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