U.S. Says It Has Withdrawn From World Judicial Body

NY Times ^ | March 10, 2005 | ADAM LIPTAK

[neverdem]

Who needs international courts when our very own SC Justice Kennedy interprets the U.S. Constitution based on foreign laws--and the SCOTUS majority agrees?

That's a good question.

[bray]

If only W would stick an "Office Space for Lease" sign in front of the UN building???

Pray For W and Our Troops

[FreeReign]

What an idiot! This isn't a game, the other sides don't play fair, and the stakes are high. It is NOT a game!

NY Times:"It's a sore-loser kind of move," Professor Spiro said. "If we can't win, we're not going to play."

[sheik yerbouty]

Amen!

[neverdem]

From time to time, I’ll ping on noteworthy articles about politics, foreign and military affairs. FReepmail me if you want on or off my list.

[CAluvdubya]

Yesssssss! First the World Judicial Body.....Next, the UN!

or we just make our own New UN

[TASMANIANRED]

Now pull out of the United Nations.

[FreeReign]

law.uga.edu: | Peter J. Spiro Professional Biographical Information: Peter J. Spiro joined the faculty of the University of Georgia School of Law in the Fall of 2004 as holder of the Dean and Virginia Rusk professorship in international law. Before coming to Georgia Law, Spiro spent 10 years at Hofstra University School of Law serving as a tenured professor and associate dean for faculty development. He specializes in international law, the constitutional aspects of U.S. foreign relations, and immigration and nationality law. Spiro’s recent scholarship includes: “Disaggregating U.S. Interests in International Law” in Law and Contemporary Problems (forthcoming 2004), “Treaties, International Law, and Constitutional Rights” in the Stanford Law Review (2003) and “Globalization and the (Foreign Affairs) Constitution” in the Ohio State Law Journal (2002). He has also published articles in the Texas, Michigan, New York University, Fordham, Virginia, William & Mary and Emory law reviews and has contributed analysis to such publications as Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal and The New Republic. Additionally, Spiro is a frequent speaker in academic and policy forums on dual citizenship, the interaction of federal states with the international system, and the role of non-governmental organizations in international institutions. In 1993-94, he served as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, during which he studied the growing role of NGOs in international decision-making. Spiro was awarded an Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation fellowship to study the law of American citizenship in 1997-98...

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[FairOpinion]

"For 40 years, from 1946 to 1986, the United States accepted the general jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in all kinds of cases against other nations that had also agreed to the court's jurisdiction."


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THIS is scary! It was about time to totally withdraw from letting other interfere in our sovereignty.

[CindyDawg]

Fine with me.

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link and pic.

[bitt]

thanks for the ping - I get around, in your wake.....

[processing please hold]

I'm spinning and twirling and tapping my feet. I'm singing and shouting and praising the Lord. (and Dubya)

[Doctor Stochastic]

We already (OK, since Bush) have an agreement with Mexico wherein we will return those wanted by Mexico to Mexico and Mexico will return those wanted by the the US to the US. (There is some paperwork, of course; each country requires a hearing.) I heard some Federal Marshal pointing out that Mexico had sent about 250 guys to Albuquerque (jail) under this plan. Formerly, criminals would hide on the Other Side of the Border to avoid capture.

We don't need anything but bilateral agreements. I'm not sure that a one-size fits all works well. The Mexican and Cuban legal systems don't interact with the US system in the same way. (Well, all are corrupt and subject to bribery, but I'm only considering the "formal" systems.)

[Hoplite]

FREE SLOBO!!!

Even at that price, Destro, you can't give him away.

How many times do I have to tell you?

[Heatseeker]

Secretary of State Rice hasn't even been on the job 2 months. Rock on Condi!!!

[clintonh8r]

Somewhere, Tom Daschle is very disappointed.

[longtermmemmory]

Have no fear, Ginsbery (form lead counsel of communist founded, ACLU) will impose the orders of the non-US courts via judicial fiat based on thin air.

[Graymatter]

"International adjudication is an important tool in a post-cold-war, post-9/11 world," Dean Koh said.

An important tool of...what?

[Smartass]

Good Evening Potlatch...
Maybe Pres. Bush and his people been reading "Men In Black."