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USA: Texas execution violates international law
Amnesty.ORG ^ | 08 August 2008 | Amnesty.ORG

Posted on 08/10/2008 8:13:47 PM PDT by davidosborne

The execution of José Ernesto Medellín Rojas by the state of Texas is a violation of international law, said Amnesty International today. "It undermines the authority of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which had ruled in favour of a stay of execution."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnestyinternational; icj; immigrantlist; immigration; internationalcourt; spartansixdelta; ussupremecourt; worldcourt
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To: davidosborne
The real war we wage is against the dissolution of the nation state in favor of world governance. International courts are just one way to expedite the process.Sorry to be so bold but if we cant convince the freedom loving people of the world why Locke is better than Rousseau or Marx then even our second amendment cant save US. The problem is we are fighting a propaganda machine of the likes nobody has ever imagined and we have very little influence in the formal education of our children. Our lone hope is that people will feel tyranny's grip before it becomes a stranglehold.
21 posted on 08/10/2008 8:22:39 PM PDT by Archon of the East (Universal Executive Power of the Law of Nature)
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To: davidosborne

“It undermines the authority of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which had ruled in favour of a stay of execution.”

SO WHAT!!


22 posted on 08/10/2008 8:23:17 PM PDT by Old Seadog
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To: davidosborne
President Bush's hands are not exactly "clean" on this one either.... of course he did not take any "action" to enfoce his assertion...

On 28 February 2005, after the ICJ decision but before either referenced Supreme Court decision, President Bush declared

I have determined, pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the United States will discharge its international obligations under the decision of the International Court of Justice in [Avena], by having State courts give effect to the decision in accordance with general principles of comity in cases filed by the 51 Mexican nationals addressed in that decision.

23 posted on 08/10/2008 8:24:08 PM PDT by davidosborne (http://DuncanHunter.meetup.com/1 - GrassRoots Organization(s) to elect Duncan Hunter)
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To: davidosborne
"It undermines the authority of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

The ICJ undermines American authority.

24 posted on 08/10/2008 8:24:29 PM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: davidosborne

My 2 cents I sent them:

Texas Justice,

Frankly we don’t give a rats ass what you think,we’re not under international law.


25 posted on 08/10/2008 8:25:09 PM PDT by silentreignofheroes (Old Dogs and Children,and Watermelon Wine.)
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To: South40
“F*** the International Court.”

And the horse they rode in on.

I feel sorry for Amnesty Int’l. I wonder what their stance is on abortion? I saw some great rhetoric there on right to life... I just want to know why criminals have it, and babies don't.

26 posted on 08/10/2008 8:25:09 PM PDT by Old Student (We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
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To: davidosborne

The International Court of Justice does not have jurisdiction in the US!


27 posted on 08/10/2008 8:25:10 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: davidosborne

International courts have no authority over the US.


28 posted on 08/10/2008 8:25:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: davidosborne
So .... I don't give a rats fu**ing ass for the World Court.

The Constitution is supreme ... not the whinny a** liberal socialist commie mantra that pervades Amnesty. org and several others. We live in the United States of America, not the United International World.
29 posted on 08/10/2008 8:25:36 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: davidosborne

Yep, Texas executed another one from Honduras [Heliberto Chi] the next night after Medellin who attempted the same approach in his appeal but it was also rejected by the SCOTUS....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058290/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057220/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057187/posts


30 posted on 08/10/2008 8:27:23 PM PDT by deport ( ----Cue Spooky Music---)
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To: Mark

Hey! It yer gonna name me in a post, ping me wouldja???


31 posted on 08/10/2008 8:27:45 PM PDT by null and void (Barack Obama - International Man of Mystery...)
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To: LiteKeeper

tell that to 4 of our U.S. SUPREMES !!


32 posted on 08/10/2008 8:28:02 PM PDT by davidosborne (http://DuncanHunter.meetup.com/1 - GrassRoots Organization(s) to elect Duncan Hunter)
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To: Old Student
I just want to know why criminals have it, and babies don't.

That's the question liberals just can't answer. They oppose the DP for the few sadistic muderers we put to death but they'll fight tooth & nail to defend their "right" to kill the innocent unborn.

Liberalism truely is a disease.

33 posted on 08/10/2008 8:28:22 PM PDT by South40
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To: davidosborne

I think President Bush was just stating that the law was being followed.

He already had a Texas ‘execution’ issue back when he was Governor.

He acted consistently in both cases.


34 posted on 08/10/2008 8:29:19 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: davidosborne

We started our own country a couple hundred years ago. We don’t have to answer to any self-proclaimed International Courts.


35 posted on 08/10/2008 8:30:11 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: davidosborne

World court pisses on victims, surprised?


36 posted on 08/10/2008 8:30:13 PM PDT by Waco
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To: null and void

Oh you are right, I was wrong. So SOOOOORY. But in my defense, read my tag line.


37 posted on 08/10/2008 8:30:57 PM PDT by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: davidosborne

Okay. Dig Medellín up and throw him back in his cell if that will make Amnesty International happy.


38 posted on 08/10/2008 8:31:14 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: davidosborne

I only care about American law. Anything else and I hope nukes drop.


39 posted on 08/10/2008 8:31:17 PM PDT by Porterville (would you rather live in today's britain or yesterday's CCCP?)
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To: UCANSEE2

you might be right... I have read some articles that suggest the execution was in defiance of a “request” by President Bush.. who admitedly stated that he has no authority to compel the State to comply his request... I could not find a good source for that statement though... anyone know anything about that “request” ??


40 posted on 08/10/2008 8:32:53 PM PDT by davidosborne (http://DuncanHunter.meetup.com/1 - GrassRoots Organization(s) to elect Duncan Hunter)
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