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World Court Tells U.S. to Freeze Mexican Executions
Reuters ^
| 2/05/03
| Abigail Levene
Posted on 02/05/2003 1:14:48 PM PST by kattracks
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:14:48 PM PST
by
kattracks
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: kattracks
This is certainly a headache. The question is, will Bush finally bite the bullet and insist that the United States is not subject to decisions of this bogus court?
This might be a good time and place for Bush to hold the line, because the great majority of voters, contra the liberal media, favor capital punishment in cases where it is deserved.
Bush has already set one precedent by refusing to subject the United States to the war crimes court.
On the other hand, if the United States tries to obey this illegal order, it will run into constitutional problems, since the State of Texas has jurisdiction, and although Bush is a Texan - as Reuters maliciously points out - he is no longer governor of Texas.
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:20:46 PM PST
by
Cicero
To: kattracks
U.S. to World Court - "Up Yours."
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:23:42 PM PST
by
SunStar
(Democrats Piss Me Off !!)
To: Cicero
This is wonderful! It is now "ripe" for the US to tell the World Court to...ah... make love to itself...
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:24:13 PM PST
by
pabianice
To: Servant of the Nine
You might be interested in this article.
Mexico took Washington to the International Court of Justice at the Hague last month, saying more than 50 of its nationals on death row should get retrials because U.S. authorities breached an international treaty by failing to tell them of their rights to consular help after their arrests.
Shall we follow it together and see what happens?
To: kattracks
The World Court ordered the United States Wednesday to stay executions of three MexicansOMG, I'm laughing uncontrollably! They did what?
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:27:18 PM PST
by
upchuck
To: Cicero
if the United States tries to obey this illegal order, it will run into constitutional problemsExactly. Of course if the feds do try to interfere, how many years will it be before this gets to the SCOTUS?
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:27:41 PM PST
by
Camachee
To: kattracks
The World Court ordered the United States Wednesday to stay executions of three Mexicans -- two on death row in President Bush's state of Texas -- and reserved the right to intervene in dozens more cases. LOL .... the governor should light one of these boys up in an electric chair just to piss them off.
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:31:39 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(The question is not whether you're paranoid, but whether you're paranoid enough.)
To: kattracks
We are free to ignore this if we want to. I assume we will ignore it.
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:33:35 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: philman_36
U.S. authorities breached an international treaty by failing to tell them of their rights to consular help after their arrests Did these guys tell the US authorities that they're Mexican citizens? If not, then the US authorities were bound to assume that they were Americans (since illegal entry into the country is a crime, and they must be presumed innocent of that crime until proven guilty).
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:34:27 PM PST
by
steve-b
To: kattracks
The US should additionally inform the World Court that these (mostly illegal alien)criminals were indeed informed of their right to contact the Mexican embassy thus negating any reasonable cause for complaint.
The US, if it hasn't already, should require the World Court to rigorously justify its claims to jurisdiction in any such matter on a case by case basis to the US's full satisfaction before making any attempt to impose any injunction whatsoever on the US legal system, otherwise the World Court is doing nothing more than wildly exceeding its jurisdiction, abusing its mandate and seriously compromising its juridical authority by exhibiting a total lack of compliance with US Constitutional and legal requirements in illegally attempting to play international power politics.
And make sure the world knows full well how the World Court is unlawfully & capriciously attempting to obstruct established US determinative legal process if it fails to comply with the above.
To: kattracks
World Court. What a perverse joke.
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:37:13 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: kattracks
Memo to World Court: Stick your head up ....... and wiggle your ears!!!!
To: kattracks
Something doesn't add up. Since when does the gov of Mex care one way or another about the fate of its citizens, much less convicted capital murderers?
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:40:27 PM PST
by
Mamzelle
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: kattracks
To the world court.YOUR ILLEGITIMATE AND SCR*W YOU!
To: kattracks
We didn't elect these judges, and we didn't elect the people who appointed them. We futhermore didn't vote on the laws they enforce.
There is a word I'm looking for, here. Ah yes, the word is "sovereignty".
I would like to see them try and issue an order to the Governor of Texas. The Governor of Texas answers only to God.
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:46:45 PM PST
by
marron
To: Centurion2000
the governor should light one of these boys up in an electric chair just to piss them off.Hell; strap all three of 'em in...
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:48:21 PM PST
by
mhking
(Mr. Worf, lock phasers AND quantum torpedoes on target and stand by for my signal...)
To: philman_36
Shall we follow it together and see what happens? Yeah, let's see who is gonna issue a valid stay in these cases. Is Ashcroft gonna ask the Supremes for a Stay?
So9
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posted on
02/05/2003 1:48:32 PM PST
by
Servant of the Nine
(We are the Hegemon. We can do anything we damned well please.)
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