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Supremes Whack World Court -- And Bush

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That's the title of Stuart Taylor's latest Opening Arguments column in National Journal.  LINK The Court issued two important rulings: 1) U.S. courts may not use vague treaty provisions to override state or federal laws without explicit authorization from Congress, a point on which Bush agreed; and 2) The president lacks the sweeping and unprecedented power that he claimed unilaterally to require judicial enforcement of such vague treaty provisions. The Court was right on both points, in my view. But the decision, widely denounced by internationalists, does carry heavy costs. As Roberts acknowledged, it may hurt relations with foreign governments, may be seen as undermining the nation's "commitment to international law," and may make it harder for Americans arrested abroad to get access to U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).