Ravenwood - 03/31/04 09:45 AM
There are those in this country that would subvert our sovereignty to the United Nations. I firmly believe John Kerry is just such a person. If those forces prevail, our Constitution would be meaningless, and rulings like this would become the norm.
The International Court of Justice on in The Hague has ruled that the United States violated the rights of 51 Mexicans on death row and ordered their cases be reviewed.Of course our sovereignty hasn't been subverted to the U.N., and they can't order us to do shit. I've long been a proponent of kicking the U.N. out of New York City, if for no other reason than their unwillingness to abide by our firearms laws. But asinine rulings like this prove that we should never, under any circumstances, let the U.N. undermine our nation's policies.The United Nations' highest judiciary, also known as the world court, was considering a suit filed by Mexico claiming 52 convicted murderers were not given their right to assistance from their government.
What's the diplomatic way of saying to the U.N.: BITE ME! ? This illustrates just how much respect the U.S. currently has for the World Court:
In 2001, a similar case came before the court filed by Germany to stop the execution of two German brothers who also had not been informed of their right to consular assistance. One brother was executed before the court could act. The judges ordered a stay of execution for the second brother, Walter LaGrand, until it could deliberate, but he was executed anyway by the state authorities of Arizona.We're not about to let some Euro-weenies in Holland tell us what to do.
UPDATE: Something CNN deletes from the AP article is this little tidbit of U.N. arrogance.
Under the court's statute, its judgments are "binding, final and without appeal."Hahahaha!!
Who is the UN to get involved with our affairs, anyway? Oh man, this makes me want to cuss! The UN needs to go! It thinks it has WAY more power than it actually does, and it gets too much press.
Posted by: Mays at March 31, 2004 11:01 AM"Binding?" Upon whom?
They're cute when they're angry, aren't they?
Posted by: Kevin Baker at March 31, 2004 6:18 PMSo, could someone besides me PLEASE get excited about Tom Feeney's Reaffirmation of the American Independence Resolution? It's just a House resolution, but every little bit helps.
"The American people have not consented to being ruled by foreign powers or tribunals, and their elected representatives have an obligation to ensure that America’s courts do not impose this rule upon them,” said Rep. Feeney. "America’s sovereignty and the integrity of our legal process should not be threatened by a jurisprudence predicated upon laws and judicial decisions alien to our Constitution and our system of self-government."
Here's Feeney's website:
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/fl24_feeney/courts2.html
*YAWN* What? Well, Ok.
Posted by: Kevin Baker at April 1, 2004 8:24 AMDarn you, Kevin. That's not exactly the response I was looking for.
Well, I guess I'll take what I can get.
What you got was a link! Hope it helps.
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