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'Illegitimate Body': House Set To Pass Sanctions on Anti-Israel ICC This Week
Free Beacon ^ | January 7, 2025 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 01/08/2025 4:51:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv

The newly installed House, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.), is set to vote Thursday on legislation that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, over efforts to arrest Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to lawmakers and congressional sources briefed on the matter.

The legislation first passed the House in June with support from Republicans and 42 Democrats, but then-Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) did not bring it to the floor of the upper chamber for a vote. Its resurgence comes weeks after top Republicans—both in Congress and in the incoming White House—pledged to sanction the ICC and erode its international legitimacy upon taking power in the new year.

While President-elect Donald Trump could sanction the ICC on his own via executive order, a subsequent administration could then pull the sanctions. Should Congress pass the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, a future president could not unilaterally revoke the measure. With Republicans in control of 53 Senate seats, 7 Democrats would need to back the bill to clear the upper chamber's 60-vote threshold...

"As we head into the Trump administration, House Republicans are reaffirming our unwavering commitment to supporting our allies and putting America First," Rep. Claudia Tenney (R., N.Y.), one of the bill's early backers, told the Free Beacon. "The House must immediately pass the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, which imposes sanctions on ICC officials actively working to undermine our allies, or it may target American citizens next."

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1 posted on 01/08/2025 4:51:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Thanks for the link.

2 posted on 01/08/2025 4:51:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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I hope they sanction Clooney’s terrorist wife as well. That would be fun.


3 posted on 01/08/2025 5:00:19 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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4 posted on 01/08/2025 5:43:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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I would love to see Heavenly Fire rain down from above and consume the hateful buggers. Who the heck do they think they are? Any bunch can call themselves a “court” and pronounce absurd sanctions. What gives them the legitimacy to do so? They are about as legitimate as Biden.


5 posted on 01/08/2025 5:52:42 PM PST by EinNYC
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6 posted on 01/08/2025 6:08:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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