has become a leading proponent of one of the most cosmopolitan, and controversial, trends in constitutional law using foreign and international law as an aid in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.
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It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty, resting in large part on the understanding that the instability and emotional imbalance of young people may often be a factor in the crime.
Anthony Kennedy
It involved a constitutional issue of the gravest importance decided 4-3 by a state court on a federal issue that it was our responsibility to take the case, ... Sometimes it is easy, so it seems, to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of our court.
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The judiciary as an institution is faced with a new threat. Democracy is something that you must learn each generation.
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Bowers was not correct when it was decided, and it is not correct today,
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Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court.
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