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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLegal question: Having obviously committed a war crime by summarily killing boating enthusiasts in the Caribbean..
without a declaration of war, can Trump be turned over to The Hague without consent by the Supreme Court?
newdeal2
(5,601 posts)And what does SCOTUS have to do with it?
My non-legal answer would be a resounding no.
unblock
(56,261 posts)usonian
(26,589 posts)Only Congress had the power to declare war.
Impeachable offense. And good luck with that.
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)We're not alone in declaring that we are immune from criminal murder charges.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(2,527 posts)And there is a law on the books that forbids local, state, and federal agencies, courts, and law enforcement from cooperation with the ICC, forbids extradition of US personnel, which includes elected officials, to the ICC, and authorizes the President to use any and all means to rescue US and allied personnel from ICC custody. Its called the Armed Service Members Protection act. Passed in 2002. Nicknamed the Invade the Hague act.
Jose Garcia
(3,546 posts)surfered
(14,272 posts)Response to DetroitLegalBeagle (Reply #4)
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(14,272 posts)Johonny
(26,593 posts)Nothing will happen. Unlike Bush Co. they appear proud of this information and will keep doing it.
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