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Originally Posted by August
Because the United States has not ratified the Vienna Treaty would be my guess.
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Just to make this one point clear, she did ratify said Convention on 24 Nov 1969:
http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDet...n#Participants
then in 2005, the US decided that it does not want the ICJ to have jurisdiction if there is a conflict. (Ultimately, this is the US saying "I am Hyperpower. Ha ha!").
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In 2008, the Supreme Court basically
declared that even in cases that the United States
had ratified are not binding on the States. Which makes the whole point of ratifying rather moot...
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Ultimately, leaving aside international consequences, this is Rough (or "Substantive") Justice vs Due Process. There
is a reason for all the checks and balance in modern Western constitutions and law, rather than allowing "Rough Justice" to run amok.
And what is this about Reciprocity anyway? Is Due Process only to apply if some Third World country reciprocates? What happened to America's sense that they are indeed a little fairer than the rest of the world?
Quite frankly, the Supreme Court might be backing Texas, but the blow American prestige is a little big for the desire to hang one man.