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
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.