Ginsburg: OK to look to foreign law for good ideas

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Ginsburg: OK to look to foreign law for good ideas (AP) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says judges can look to foreign law for good ideas without diminishing their ability to apply U.S. law faithfully. Ginsburg told a meeting of international lawyers Friday that American judges can learn from their foreign counterparts when seeking solutions to "trying questions." Ginsburg said high court nominee Elena Kagan got it right when she told senators at her confirmation hearing that she was in favor of good ideas "wherever you can get them." Ginsburg acknowledged that other justices, including Antonin Scalia, are sharp...

Published on Saturday 31st of July 2010 07:54:47 AM

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Socialist International Works on "Global Governance" agenda, Obama allies in attendance

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The Socialist International recently met in New York to affirm, what is essentially a blueprint for the destruction of U.S. and Israeli independence and the advancement of a "World Governance" agenda. At the Meeting of the Council of the Socialist International, United Nations, New York, 21-22 June 2010 U.S. delegates included Puerto Rican Independence Party members Ruben Berrios Martinez and Fernando Martin Garcia and from Democratic Socialists of America, Frank Llewellyn, Joseph Schwartz, David Duhalde, Alejandro Duhalde and George "Skip" Roberts, a former aide to D.S.A. member, Obama friend and ally and former Hawaii Congressman Neil Abercrombie. Many leading Democrats...

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Obama, Struggling on Homefront, Still a Global Pop Star, Poll Finds

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FEED Obama, Struggling on Homefront, Still a Global Pop Star, Poll Finds 6 hours ago 107 Comments Say Something » Print Text Size EmailMore Tom Diemer Editor Author Bio » Contact Author » Subscribe :At home it's all about oil spill, a staggering deficit, high unemployment and the blood and treasure pouring into two wars. But in most parts of the world, American President Barack Obama remains highly popular, an international pop star leading a country that is more warmly received in most quarters than it was under his predecessor, George W. Bush. Yet the favorable findings in an extensive...

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Natalee Holloway Extended Discussion Thread #21

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This is a consolidation of the current threads on FR. It is intended to make discussion and updates easier. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2526123/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2526200/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2526225/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2526245/posts

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International Journalists Union Expels Israel

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The International Federation of Journalists has expelled the Israeli branch after refusing to allow it to pay the same reduced amount of dues levied on neighboring countries, such as Jordan. Chaim Shibi, an Israeli branch official and veteran Israeli journalist, charged that the action by the international body is the culmination of a long-standing anti-Israeli bias.

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Robin Givhan examines Michelle Obama's first trip abroad alone

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On Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama will travel abroad. She has already visited nine countries since moving into the White House. But this time, when she arrives in Mexico, she will be a solo star on the world stage. Her three-day journey to Mexico City will be her first official foreign trip alone -- without the president and without her children. She will use it to amplify and articulate a singular message to young people: self-determination.

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Ukraine to give up nuke material; boost for summit

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President Barack Obama optimistically opened a 47-nation nuclear summit Monday, boosted by Ukraine's announcement that it will give up its weapons-grade uranium. More sobering: Obama's counterterrorism chief pointedly warned that al-Qaida is vigorously pursuing material and expertise for a bomb.

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