The Supreme Court has ruled that the president exceeded his authority when he ordered Texas to reopen the case of a Mexican gang member sentenced to death for raping and murdering two teenagers to appease an international court.
The renowned Mexican gang banger (Jose Medellin) and his cohorts raped two teenage girls in 1993 then murdered the victims and discarded their bodies in a wooded area to avoid being identified. Medellin was eventually arrested and read his Miranda rights before writing a detailed confession of the horrific crime.
In 2004 the International Court of Justice, based in the Hague Netherlands, ordered the United States to review the case—and that of 50 other Mexicans on death row—on the grounds that their Vienna Convention rights to talk to consular officers had been violated.
Catering to Mexico’s government, which fought for the review because it opposes capital punishment, President George W. Bush directed Texas to comply with the international court’s ruling to determine whether the violation of their consular rights caused the defendants any harm at trial or sentencing.
State officials refused and launched a battle for sovereignty that ended up on the High Court’s docket. In a 6-3 ruling issued today the Supreme Court sided with the Lone Star State, saying that the president should not have ordered it to comply with the World Court ruling mandating the review of the cases of Medellin and 50 other jailed Mexicans awaiting execution.
In its decision the Supreme Court said the international court decision cannot be forced upon states and that the president does not have the authority to order states to relax their criminal procedures to obey a World Court ruling.
Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts, who was appointed by Bush, said that neither a World Court decision requiring U.S. states to provide new review of criminal cases involving foreign nationals, nor a memo by President Bush seeking to enforce the World Court ruling, preempts state law restrictions on challenges to convictions.
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HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its
HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its about time that George W Bush be told to shut up and butt out. The man is a menace and completely on the payroll of Mexico.
Fry this Jose Medellin--now!
Many Thanks! to our American Suprem courts
Many Thanks! to our American Suprem courts FOR DOING THERE JOB! I'm sure that every State and county across America already have Laws on there books to take care of Rape charges! Prez Bush has been catering to Mexico's Government for a while,and I wonder why he would get involved with known DRUG DEALERS??? allso Prez Bush has EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY (IN MANY OTHER INSTANCES)???
I was slightly relieved that
I was slightly relieved that we could find at least a partial ounce of justice still available in this "new world order" with it's "new world servers". Our government has been hijacked any way you want to cut it. This active coup de tat has to be opposed, violently if necassary. I'm preparing, are you?
The right call for now...
I believe Chief Justice John Roberts made the correct call about our temporary national sovereignty. President Bush jumped the gun in this regard because technically, the complete, final surrender of the United States to Mexican illegal alien criminals isn't scheduled until sometime after John McCain's inauguration next January. Congress will have to pass the Kennedy/McCain Illegal Alien Amnesty Bill, setting out the exact terms of our surrender to Mexico, before former sovereign states like Texas are legally required to obey the whims of Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Until then, Texas can still execute scum like Jose Medellin, but they should hurry up and do so. Under Mexican law, raping and murdering American citizens is not considered a serious offense. I understand that John McCain is hoping to land a cabinet post Felipe Calderon's government and has strong support among the Mexican criminal community for his promises of $50/hr lettuce picking jobs for unskilled Mexicans.
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