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To: JohnHuang2; keri; international american; Kay Soze; jpsb; hershey; TomInNJ; dagnabbit; Pro-Bush; ...
WORLD COURT TELLING TEXAS THEIR LAW IS THE LAW OF THE LAND - ping.

(Who's in charge of law in America - America or the World Court?)

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Prompted by an international tribunal's decision last year ordering new hearings for 51 Mexicans on death rows in the United States, the State Department said yesterday that the United States had withdrawn from the protocol that gave the tribunal jurisdiction to hear such disputes.

The withdrawal followed a Feb. 28 memorandum from President Bush to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales directing state courts to abide by the decision of the tribunal, the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

The decision required American courts to grant "review and reconsideration" to claims that the inmates' cases had been hurt by the failure of local authorities to allow them to contact consular officials.

"The State of Texas believes no international court supersedes the laws of Texas or the laws of the United States," Mr. Strickland said. "We respectfully believe the executive determination exceeds the constitutional bounds for federal authority."

126 posted on 03/10/2005 7:17:26 AM PST by Happy2BMe (Government is not the solution to our problem, government *IS* the problem.)
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To: Happy2BMe

The withdrawal followed a Feb. 28 memorandum from President Bush to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales directing state courts to abide by the decision of the tribunal, the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

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How long did it take Alberto??? Good grief. Freaking globalists...WHAT OATH ??? TELL ME, WHAT OATH??????


130 posted on 03/10/2005 7:39:33 AM PST by ApesForEvolution (I just took a Muhammad and wiped my Jihadist with Mein Koran...come and get me nutbags.)
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To: Happy2BMe

You know, you really gotta hand it to Texas! When the President doesn't know his job and the Constitution, Apparently some patriots in Texas are capable of showing him the way! Oorah for Texas!


159 posted on 03/10/2005 12:04:24 PM PST by Havoc (Reagan was right and so was McKinley. Down with free trade. Hang the traitors high)
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