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“I find if very interesting that in this case the INTERNATIONAL COURT assumed jurisdiction over a case which was being handled under the laws of Texas in a clear attempt to undermine the SOVERIGNTY of the State of Texas —— EVEN AFTER the U.S. President clearly stated that the ICJ has no controlling legal authority to issue such an order -—— What am I missing here folks...?? ...and why is this NOT HUGE NEWS !! -— someone please help me understand?”

The FR forum was on top of the world court back when it was first called the ICC [international criminal court]. One thing you'll learn about being a conservative is that we are all swamped with leftist-generated problems. That's the broad picture.

Just stop and think for a moment: we have an energy problem, a brave House rebellion being ignored, out-of-control spending, a modern day abortion Holocaust, Georgia, the moral DEvolution of our family values, attacks on religion, nanny-state laws, KELO, activist judges— and I'm just getting warmed up. Imagine being a talk radio host. People want to hear you talk about the latest ‘pebble in the shoe’ like John Edwards. [As for the leftist media, the answer of why they duck this issue is obvious.]

Now— back to the World Court. There was a time, not long ago, when half our justices believed that treaties trump our Constitutional rights. That's the root danger. Thee UN was a time bomb conceived by the Soviet spy, Algar Hiss—the UN’s founder. [And btw, McCain wants to temporize that danger with a new alliance— the League of Democracies, which I believe was first conceived here on the FR.]

Conservatives can't stand the ICC aka World Criminal Court. But you do have a few nimrods among us who want Clinton arrested by the World Court— as if they would. Leftist kamizars are largely safe from that body. Yes, you are darn straight that the world court is an important issue. We dodged a bullet when the Supreme Court upheld the right of states to trump treaties when they conflict with our bill of rights. Thank God many conservatives insisted Bush choose serious justices. Thank God Bush listened. But we still have three dissents.

It would be good for each FReeper to choose a pet issue/project that few are paying enough attention to, to create link pages on it. For a long time, my pet issue was the Ron Brown Crash. [Prior to that it was the war against Kyoto.] Others chose the strange death of Betty Currie's brother. Some chose Tainted Blood. But the World Court could be a much greater problem than any of them. An early source on this issue would be Cliff Kincaid.