U.S. and the International Criminal Court (ICC)

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A quick note about this blog and what is posted here: I try and discuss things that have to do with the defense of our faith, family, culture, country, the law and kids. Essentially, this blog is about Defending us as Catholic Citizens, the Body of Christ, against the evil that seeks the ruin of our souls. That being stated, oddly enough, I try to limit the purely "political posts." The main reason for this is thatI am not nearly as capable in this realm as other Catholic bloggers... so you should focus your time reading them (i.e., AmP and CMR). But once and a while a story will come up that touches on a cross-section of several of the things, and when that happens a political post will appear, like this one:

Obama brings US closer to Int'l Criminal Court

The Heritage Foundation describes quite well the worries that accompany the warming of relations between Obama, the US, and the ICC. It also explains the irony evidenced here:

It is highly ironic that the Obama Administration is warming up to the ICC, a court that does not guarantee American due process rights to American citizens, while at the same time insisting that terrorist suspects should have access to American civil courts, Miranda rights, and the right to trial by jury.

During law school I had the opportunity to participate in one of the most well know Moot Court competitions dealing with "International Law." I saw the way that the up and coming legal minds, mostly liberal in this competition think, and trust me it is a scary thing. Ideas of "due process" and "rights" become boxed up in an "American" wrapping that is not allowed to be "exported" beyond our borders; yet, in a sign of "peace and cooperation" we are willing to extend these "prohibited items" to the most serious of offenders contrary to our own laws to show how "democratic" we are.

This is a scary idea, subjecting our citizens to a foreign law. A day could soon well come, where a terrorist has more rights after they blow up a building in new york, than a soldier fighting for America, has while on the battlefield in some foreign land - and the only entity we could blame would be these here United States.


-Posted by: Joe