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: ACS BlogSCOTUS Rules on International Law and Presidential Power
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The Supreme Court issued two opinions today.In Medellin v. Texas, the Court 6-3 rejected the argument that the President alone could make an international treaty binding law inside the United States, and held that rulings by the International Court of Justice are not binding on U.S. States when those rulings contradict states' criminal procedure rules. The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice Roberts, said that rulings by the ICJ, although imposing an international obligation on the US, ar read more
Full post as published by ACS Blog on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).
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