Another Perspective
Keep U.N. Justice Out of the U.S.
Congress should throw a Bricker amendment through the window of that oncoming international law express.
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Section 4. The congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The Bricker Amendment began with 46 co-sponsors, but it soon went down to defeat. Once moderate and liberal Republicans learned that President Eisenhower was against it, they distanced themselves from Senator Bricker and his proposal.
But, as the Avena case demonstrates, Congress should dust off the Bricker Amendment and submit it to the states for ratification. An international court should not be permitted to overturn settled provisions of American criminal law. This will set a precedent and lead to further intrusions into our domestic laws. The right of self-government is simply too precious to turn over to the likes of the ICJ.
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