Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:38:57 -0500 http://www.steelelawfortworth.com/ Steele_Law en-us http://www.steelelawfortworth.com/images/logo.gif http://www.steelelawfortworth.com/ alan@steelelawfortworth.com http://www.steelelawfortworth.com/Article1.html The Supreme Court has displayed an increasing trend toward reliance on foreign and international law in interpreting the Eighth Amendment, overstepping its constitutional authority. Beginning with the 1958 decision in Trop v. Dulles , the Court has improperly relied on foreign concepts to “support” the justice’s beliefs of how the United States Constitution should be interpreted. The use of foreign authority is not limited to the Eighth Amendment alone, as these sources litter other areas of Supreme Court jurisprudence, ever expanding the efforts of judicial activists. Such activism takes on special significance in the death penalty context, an already heated issue for many Americans. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:38:57 -0500