[Cicero]

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.

[SunStar]

U.S. to World Court - "Up Yours."

[philman_36]

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?

[upchuck]

The World Court ordered the United States Wednesday to stay executions of three Mexicans

OMG, I'm laughing uncontrollably! They did what?

[Centurion2000]

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.

[Dog Gone]

We are free to ignore this if we want to. I assume we will ignore it.

[Post Toasties]

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.

[onedoug]

World Court. What a perverse joke.

[Highest Authority]

Memo to World Court: Stick your head up ....... and wiggle your ears!!!!

[Mamzelle]

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?

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

To the world court.YOUR ILLEGITIMATE AND SCR*W YOU!

[marron]

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.

[usnret99]

How about the U.S. telling Mexico "Keep your lawbreakers at home or they will be Incarcerated and even put to death"

[Boot Hill]

"World Court Tells U.S. to Freeze Mexican Executions"

--Boot Hill

[hgro]

The world court is on display in the UN. All of the crazies on the planet are falling all over themselves to flog the United States where equal justice prevails.

[Enterprise]

I'm shocked I tell you, simply shocked. The U.S. can't just simply ignore the United World Constitution. It plainly states in Amendment 12 - uh, wait a sec till I find my copy. I know it was around here a minute ago. I'll have to get back with this later.

[henderson field]

Time to get out of the U.N. and away from the "World Court."

[xfmrman]

To the best of my recollection...I'm sure I heard the L.E.O. apprise those guys of their right to have help from the Mexican Consulate. Yup! I pretty darn sure.

[Bogolyubski]

Laugh all you want, folks. Here's the bad news:

US Constitution. Article VI, sentence 2:

"The Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in the Persuance thereof; and all Treaties made, and which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."

Since the US foolishly signed away its sovereignty to the World Court by means of a treaty, the WC's ruling trumps any state law and the Judges in TX and OK are bound by the treaty. This precisely why some of us are against signing treaties in general: they undermine our constitutional freedoms. Sadly, since the majority of the population has been indoctrinated in government-run schools for the past 35 years or so, many folks have no idea of what has actually taken place. The only ways the stays could be stopped would be for the Bush State Dept. to defy the treaty (unlikely in the extreme) or for Congress to repeal the treaty (even less likely).

[The Wizard]

screw the world court