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In reply to the discussion: I'm beginning to see the attacks on Greenwald, Miranda, Assange et al as homophobic slurs [View all]reusrename
(1,716 posts)I suppose you also agree that it's unconstitutional to count legally cast votes in a presidential election because that's what the Rhenquist court ruled in Bush v Gore.
Of course you don't think that, at least I hope you don't.
But seriously, the judicial decision you want to hang your hat on is fundamentally flawed, much more so than even the case in Bush v Gore. In their decision, those magistrates never even mention the principle of non-refoulement, which is the entire reason for this extradition hearing in the first place.
The court just set up their own strawman and then handily knocked it over without ever even addressing the whole substance of the extradition. Assange never claimed that he was afraid to face his accusers in Sweden. He only wanted assurances that he would not be sent to the US once he was in Swedish custody.