July 16, 2008
World Court is trying to Control US
from the BBC
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Well, excuse me. The US Supreme Court has ruled that international treaties do not bind state courts. (Medellin v. Texas — not because state courts can’t be made to follow rulings by international tribunals but because Congress hasn’t yet passed any specific federal statute to make the Vienna Convention binding on them.)
We need to carry out these sentences in accordance with US law and ignore this interference with justice by the ICJ.
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The US has been ordered not to execute five Mexican nationals on death row by the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
The ICJ - the UN's highest court - had previously ruled that the men were denied the right to help from their consulate after their arrests.
Mexico says the US has not reviewed the cases - as demanded by the ICJ.
The court told the US it must not execute the men before it made its final judgement.* * * *
Well, excuse me. The US Supreme Court has ruled that international treaties do not bind state courts. (Medellin v. Texas — not because state courts can’t be made to follow rulings by international tribunals but because Congress hasn’t yet passed any specific federal statute to make the Vienna Convention binding on them.)
We need to carry out these sentences in accordance with US law and ignore this interference with justice by the ICJ.
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