"Constitutional entitlements do not ... spring
into existence, as the Court seems to believe, because foreign
nations decriminalize conduct. ... The Court's discussion of these
foreign views
(ignoring, of course, the many countries that have retained criminal
prohibitions on sodomy) is therefore meaningless
dicta. Dangerous dicta, however, since 'this Court ... should not
impose foreign moods, fads, or fashions
on Americans.'" [Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, June
26, 2003, in a dissenting opinion, LAWRENCE
v. TEXAS, referring to recent decisions by the European Court
of Human Rights]
How 'bout that. Slumming.
You can take those to school for Show
and Tell.
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