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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> fteson@gmail.com
[mailto:fteson@gmail.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Fernando
Teson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 08, 2010
3:48 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> William Slomanson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
intlawprofessors@mailman.anu.edu.au<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [IntLawProfessors]
FW: <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Okla</st1:place></st1:State>
state question 755 update</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On the other hand, I do
like Scalia's remark in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sosa</span></i> that
a lot of what passes as international law is the invention of law professors...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:23 PM, William Slomanson <<a
href="mailto:bills@tjsl.edu">bills@tjsl.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>I have not yet seen this <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
state law, but it reminds me of what US SCt Justice Scalia stated a few years
ago---re not relying on International Law to interpret the meaning of the US
Constitution. Those of you with insomnia might read my responsive American
Judges Against Judicial Independence essay at <<a
href="http://www.tjsl.edu/slomansonb/1.2_UkrainJIL.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.tjsl.edu/slomansonb/1.2_UkrainJIL.pdf</a>>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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target="_blank">Order blocks Oklahoma constitutional amendment</a><br>
By TIM TALLEY Associated Press<br>
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amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or
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-- <br>
Fernando R. Tesón<br>
Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar and Professor of Law<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Florida</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Law<br>
425 West <st1:place w:st="on">Jefferson</st1:place><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tallahassee</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">FL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">32306-1601</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
850-644-4287<br>
<a href="mailto:fteson@law.fsu.edu">fteson@law.fsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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