The US doesn’t recognize the authority of the ICC. They also have a law on the books that says they will invade and free American citizens held by the ICC.
Though to be honest other countries are not better. He visited Hungary not long ago and they technically should follow the ICC warrant. They just decided to not to enforce it.
The ICC is kind of a toothless organization anyways since it depends on countries to enforce it’s warrants and if a country refuses to they can’t really do anything.
It’s a little more complicated than that. For one thing, the US Constitution guarantees a trial by jury, and the ICC does not have any Juries. And also, the US court system puts the highest authority under one Supreme Court, and if the US were to join the ICC it would have to figure out how to have the ICC’s jurisdiction align with that.
It will require a Constitutional amendment to allow the ICC to function within our judicial system, and everyone knows that. Bill Clinton originally signed the treaty when he was President, but never submitted it to Congress because he understood the legal and constitutional hurdles it faced
Isn’t there a warrant for his arrest through the ICC? Does the U.S. not honor that?
The US doesn’t recognize the authority of the ICC. They also have a law on the books that says they will invade and free American citizens held by the ICC.
Though to be honest other countries are not better. He visited Hungary not long ago and they technically should follow the ICC warrant. They just decided to not to enforce it.
The ICC is kind of a toothless organization anyways since it depends on countries to enforce it’s warrants and if a country refuses to they can’t really do anything.
USA does not recognize the ICC.
We should
It’s a little more complicated than that. For one thing, the US Constitution guarantees a trial by jury, and the ICC does not have any Juries. And also, the US court system puts the highest authority under one Supreme Court, and if the US were to join the ICC it would have to figure out how to have the ICC’s jurisdiction align with that.
It will require a Constitutional amendment to allow the ICC to function within our judicial system, and everyone knows that. Bill Clinton originally signed the treaty when he was President, but never submitted it to Congress because he understood the legal and constitutional hurdles it faced
I didn’t claim it would be easy… maybe some sort of catch-and-extradite “hands off” policy.
I just feel like rubbing elbows with that guy is a dumb fucking idea for any US government officials.
But Trump is a dumb fuck (imho), so whatever.
USA is an imperial terrorist. They will never accept international justice.