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Some good news in the international arena.


42 posted on 03/09/2005 9:20:05 PM PST by Coleus (God gave us the right to life and self preservation and a right to defend ourselves and families)
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To: Coleus
Some good news in the international arena.

Yes, but not completely in the domestice arena. The state of Texas will have to fight the President, who is from Texas...

For their part, Texas prosecutors have not conceded that the president has the power to force courts there to reopen the Medellín case.

In a statement, Jerry Strickland, a spokesman for Attorney General Greg Abbott of Texas, questioned the president's authority.

"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."

This was set in motion before the decision to withdraw...

193 posted on 03/10/2005 4:27:30 PM PST by KiloLima (Lord, have mercy on us!)
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