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The United States Ought To Submit To The Jurisdiction Of An International Court Designed To Prosecute Crimes Against Humanity.
Looking for moral arguments here. The resolution is not ICC specific or anything like that. Why should the US surrender her sovereignty in this area?
 davidsuggs  16 Dec 2008 19:07
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Because the US (like every other country) can't be trusted to prosecute it's leaders. We need an international court which can only be subverted if every country in the world is evil (or at least, a lot more than is likely at any one time). It's not like the US will lose much sovereignty, how often do Crimes against Humanity trials even happen anyway.
 
 Quincel  16 Dec 2008 19:25
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 Good point. It's also interesting on the sovereignty note that the ICC claims that the US never had sovereignty over crimes against humanity because they stretch outside of the bounds of just US citizens and affect all humanity.
by  davidsuggs
 16 Dec 2008 19:28
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Never. We are a Sovereign Nation. A Free-Republic; possessing Our own Constitution, and laws.
 
 Mystery  18 Dec 2008 05:12
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 Yes, we are sovereign. But did the US ever have just jurisdiction over crimes against all of humanity? or only those against its citizens? Also, could our constitution and laws be better protected by an unbiased external court?
by  davidsuggs
 22 Dec 2008 04:08
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