We heard from Edith Jones, chief judge of the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals at a luncheon put together by the Dallas Chapter of The Federalist Society. She touched on a few subjects, and was particularly eloquent on the issue of Supreme Court justice(s) referenced foreign laws. Unless the justice(s) reads Spanish, or Arabic, or whatever the foreign law was written in, the justice(s) should not venture to reference it in the published opinion. It would make it an inconsistent body of statutes if the frame of reference is ever shifting as to what foreign law will be taken into consideration. It was a really educational experience for a non-lawyer like me.