U.S. broke international law by executing Mexican national, says U.N.

http://edition.cnn.com ^ | 07/08/2011 | CNN Wire Staff

[massmike]

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says the United States breached international law by executing a Mexican national.

Navi Pillay, in a statement Friday, said he deeply regrets the execution of Humberto Leal Garcia, after a last-minute 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court denied him a stay of execution Thursday night.

"The execution of Mr. Leal Garcia places the U.S. in breach of international law," said Pillay, who is currently on official mission in Mexico. "What the state of Texas has done in this case is imputable in law to the U.S. and engages the United States' international responsibility."

Garcia was convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl and was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening in Texas.

[liberalh8ter]

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says the United States breached international law by executing a Mexican national.

The U.N.'s International law doesn't trump U.S. law on U.S. soil, no matter what Obammy and Hitlery say. So what I'm really trying to say is...Good...and we'll do it again.

[antiRepublicrat]

"Responsibility for foreign relations" overrides responsibility to the families of murdered US citizens?

The state had its responsibility, Bush had his.

You could make the same excuse for Obama

No, you can't. Bush asked the question for the first time, and the Supreme Court answered. That was it, finito, done with. At that time it was legally established that it was the responsibility of Congress and the President to fix the problem. Obama completely ignored that and filed anyway. IOW, Bush may have cared about fulfilling our treaty obligations, but Obama was just grandstanding with a petition he knew would fail without a majority liberal court willing to disregard law and precedent for him.

[SandRat]

[SunStar]

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says the United States breached international law by executing a Mexican national.

The "State of Texas" executed the man, not the United States... These people don't seem to get it.

[BilLies]

You can add this to the quiver:

FOSTER & ELAM V. NEILSON, 27 U. S. 253 (1829)

From the decision:
“In the United States, a different principle is established. Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is consequently to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature whenever it operates of itself, without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engage to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the Political, not the Judicial, Department, and the Legislature must execute the contract before it can become a rule for the Court.”

That means we have not, YET, given up our Constitution.
GWB is going to blow his “not a bad president” rating if he does not get his head out of his ...........

[Chode]

[unixfox]

U.S. broke international law by executing Mexican national, says U.N.

So sue us.

[Gator113]

Come and get us copper......... we ain’t going to be taken alive!

I can not believe that ANYONE takes these U.N. fools seriously.

[Gator113]

“Illegal Alien Who Raped and Murdered Teenager Executed Over Obama’s Strenuous Objections”

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massmike..... I think that you should write a story and get it out there, just so that you can use that headline... it’s perfect, no, it’s PERFECT.

[EternalVigilance]

"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass." -- Isoroku Yamamoto

Of course, since he said that, we've bought lots more rifles. Now there would be three behind every blade of grass.

[luvie]

Just for the record...I don’t CARE what the UN thinks. They need to be off our soil anyway!

[Ironfocus]

Dear UN,

Screw you.

Sincerely,

Texas.

[M. Espinola]

What about the Obamatrons selling weapons to Mexican drug lords and street gangs?

[sourcery]

Thanks!

[dools0007world]

I’m not aware the US is a signatiory to any international agreement with regard to crime prosecution within our borders.

Comments anyone?

It’s kinda like the Sharia law movement. Appropos of nothing they claim US law is subordinate to Sharia law when Muslims are involved. Interesting to watch the dangerous antics of the left and its useful idiots.

[dools0007world]

I’m excluding diplomatic arrangements and extradition treeaties we have negotiated with some other countries.

[MeganC]

Well, shoot. If I was in charge of the UN I’d pack my bags and get the UN out of the United States and move it to a more liberal and progressive country where there’s no death penalty. Zimbabwe comes to mind.

[Army Air Corps]

Quite right, we are not a signiatory to any such agreement. This is a case of the UN puffing their chest.

[Arrowhead1952]

Just for the record...I don’t CARE what the UN thinks. They need to be off our soil anyway!

By the replies on this thread, I'd say most FReepers think the same thing. I think it's time for another nation to take the lead and house this crappy organization.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

The state had its responsibility, Bush had his.

As President of Mexico?

Bush asked the question for the first time

He went beyond "asking the question." He advocated on the side of the the World Court, Mexico, and foreign criminals.

Bush's claim that he could order the Texas courts to reconsider a death penalty case, was just as preposterous as Obama's efforts on behalf of Leal. Even John Paul Stevens voted against Bush.

At that time it was legally established that it was the responsibility of Congress and the President to fix the problem.

"Fix the problem?" Do you think the World Court sticking its nose into our court system is our problem? What the SCOTUS said was that GWB had no authority to tell the state of Texas what to do.