Correct. The US is structured with a hierarchy where federal laws supercede state laws supercede local laws.
The US is an ICC signatory and is supposedly obligated to comply with Netanyahu’s arrest warrant and ship him to The Hague, but the ICC unfortunately does not have the power to prevent the federal government from simply ignoring that mandate, as they already have.
As much as it is a crime drama meme, diplomatic immunity is still a thing and would preclude his arrest (be it for a local law or attempted compliance with the ICC warrant) as long as the fed asserts that he has diplomatic immunity.
So this is a situation where the only practical option available to try to hold him accountable is vigilantism.
The US is an ICC signatory and is supposedly obligated to comply
Not anymore. Clinton signed the treaty but never submitted it for ratification, so the US technically was never part of the ICC, and Bush “un-signed” it, absolving the US of any responsibilities whatsoever.
I mean, they could arrest him and immediately get him on a private plane to an ICC country, or the Netherlands, direct to The Hague.
Handling it the way ICE does sending people to various places, including internationally before the courts have a chance to do anything. Malicious compliance.
Correct. The US is structured with a hierarchy where federal laws supercede state laws supercede local laws.
The US is an ICC signatory and is supposedly obligated to comply with Netanyahu’s arrest warrant and ship him to The Hague, but the ICC unfortunately does not have the power to prevent the federal government from simply ignoring that mandate, as they already have.
As much as it is a crime drama meme, diplomatic immunity is still a thing and would preclude his arrest (be it for a local law or attempted compliance with the ICC warrant) as long as the fed asserts that he has diplomatic immunity.
So this is a situation where the only practical option available to try to hold him accountable is vigilantism.
Just because a country isn’t “obligated” doesn’t mean they can’t or shouldn’t do what is right.
So that’s why you can’t legally buy pot in NY, right? Because of the federal law making it illegal?
Oh, wait……
Not anymore. Clinton signed the treaty but never submitted it for ratification, so the US technically was never part of the ICC, and Bush “un-signed” it, absolving the US of any responsibilities whatsoever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court
I mean, they could arrest him and immediately get him on a private plane to an ICC country, or the Netherlands, direct to The Hague.
Handling it the way ICE does sending people to various places, including internationally before the courts have a chance to do anything. Malicious compliance.
Good call, thanks for the correction.
He can most certainly be arrested. He can’t be prosecuted. “You can beat the rap, but you can’t beat the ride”
A bullshit arrest would be great political theater for the mayor.
I mean there’s a purely mechanical issue as well, in that Netanyahu would have a bunch of his own armed security, plus US diplomatic security.
He just needs to put Riggs and Murtaugh on it. Ezpz