Justice Breyer: Supreme Court Must Look Beyond U.S. Borders
NPR
Friday, November 27, 2015
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or
Flash plugin.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer testifies before a House Committee in March 2015. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
In Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer‘s new book, he passionately argues that when issuing its rulings, the court must consider the world beyond our national frontiers.
There’s an obvious and immediate tension here. The court’s duty is to interpret the constitutionality of American law. Breyer’s critics would say any consideration of international issues, politics or law subverts the primacy of the U.S. Constitution.
Breyer writes in “The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities” that justices simply have no choice in the matter. Some 20 percent of the cases they hear have an international component. He spoke with Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti on Radio Boston.
Guest
Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
View this story on npr.org
Follow us for more stories like this
CapRadio provides a trusted source of news because of you. As a nonprofit organization, donations from people like you sustain the journalism that allows us to discover stories that are important to our audience. If you believe in what we do and support our mission, please donate today.
Donate Today