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That does not allow escaping from international laws.
by zippyman55 1y ago
That does not allow escaping from international laws.
- terminalshort 1y agoInternational law makes traffic cops look like Judge Dredd
- actionfromafar 1y agoCan't escape State law either.
- jayd16 1y agoTrump seems to have been able to.
- roughly 1y agoThe US army does, though.
- kelvinjps10 1y agoActually it does if the US, bullies the other countries into not enforcing it and the US it's actually the main country enforcing international law. If a country dare to enforce international law against an us person, they will cut resources or threaten to use military
- impossiblefork 1y agoor civil lawsuits.
- nradov 1y agoIndividual federal government employees are generally immune from civil liability for all official acts, even if those acts were illegal.
- Analemma_ 1y agoEven before Trump, the US had a standing policy of threatening severe retaliation against anyone who tries to enforce international law against US citizens-- this isn't just an informal policy, it's a specific law passed by Congress. And the scope has only gotten broader since then. The whole concept of "international law" is polite fiction anyway, the reality has always been "the strong do what they can, the weak endure what they must".