O'Connor extols role of international law
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor extolled Wednesday the growing role of international law in U.S. courts, saying judges would be negligent if they disregarded its importance in a post-September 11 world of heightened tensions.
In a 15-minute speech at Georgetown law school, O'Connor made no mention of the health of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, 80, who was hospitalized this week for thyroid cancer and is expected to return to work Monday. There also was no additional details from a court spokeswoman on his condition Wednesday. (Full story)
O'Connor said the Supreme Court is increasingly taking cases that demand a better understanding of foreign legal systems. A recent example was last term's terror cases involving the U.S. detention of foreign-born detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, she said.
"International law is no longer a specialty. ...It is vital if judges are to faithfully discharge their duties," O'Connor told attendees at a ceremony dedicating Georgetown's new international law center.
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