mr. dasgupta: thank you, all. now we have time for perhaps one someo questions if interested members of our audience would volunteer. audience: i wanted to know what the justice's opinion was about leadership in international justice and lawifically rule of institutional like the international criminal court and whether he believed that this somehow infringed on our own framework.nal >> i think he saw the american way thation and the our founders did and the way our leading -- leaders over the years did which was a beacon on the hill that other follow because it was so well designed and right but the notion that we would interpret provisions of our constitution by what some other the european human -- whatever -- it was bizarre to him and it really undermined any notion of sovereignty so he was probably one of the most vocal ofonents of this notion looking to other courts' decisions to infuse meaning back into our constitution. was contrary, i think, to everything he understood, what originalismlaw and project tha

mr. dasgupta: thank you, all.ow we have time for perhaps one or two questions if some interested members of our audience would volunteer. audience: i wanted to know what the justice's opinion was about the u.s.' leadership in international justice and specifically rule of law institutional like the international criminal court and whether he believed that this somehow infringed on our own constitutional framework. >> i think he saw the american constitution and the way that our founders did and the way many of our leading -- leaders over the years did which was a beacon on the hill that other people should follow because it was so well designed and right but the notion that we would interpret provisions of our constitution by what some other court and the european human -- whatever -- it was bizarre to him and it really undermined any notion of sovereignty so he was probably one of the most vocal opponents of this notion of looking to other courts' decisions to infuse meaning back into our constitution. it was con