(Supreme) Court backs Texas in dispute with Bush

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THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.

As long as his own Just Us Dept can write briefs that give him total power he is just fine...He will listen to them as much as he listens to congress.

to rule against Bush on those rare occasions when he is in the right.

what a world. That assclown is worse than a broken clock and for once for whatever reason he does the right thing and this happens.

moron* put to death more people under his* watch as governor than anyone else, virtually in the history of the nation. However, when his* pole numbers are in the toilet he* suddenly is trying revive that "compassionate conservative" bullshit?

He* probably knew right as rain that he* hadn't a snow balls chance in hell in over ruling states rights when it came to this case, yet he* did it anyway.

It's win win for the motherfucker*. he* gets to look like he*, :puke:, cares and the person still gets put to death.

allllllll bullshit.

domestic political considerations.

Maybe there are big republican doners with family inmates in Mexico or are Mexican. And just for fun.. there may be oil in Mexico. Or who knows, maybe the oil stops at the texas border.

There's never anything wrong with a new(additional) hearing(no matter the source of the stay).

If the facts are the ultimate goal, more circumspection seems good to me.

who argued the state's case at the high court, said the decision "categorically prohibits foreign courts from undermining American sovereignty and independence".

I agree. Why exactly should an international court get to make decisions about American law? Whether or not you agree with capital punishment, upholding Bush's view in this case would have set a terrible precedent.

By the way, I can think of better ways to spend my time than worrying about someone who participated in the rape and murder of two teenage girls.

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
The Guardian,
Wednesday March 26 2008

US courts are not bound by the international court of justice or by direct orders from the president, the supreme court ruled yesterday when it refused to allow a fresh hearing for a Mexican on death row.

In a 6-3 decision, the supreme court ruled that courts in Texas were not compelled to comply with a ruling from the ICJ to allow a new hearing for the Mexican inmate because he had not been given access to consular assistance ...

In its 2004 ruling on behalf of Medellín and some 50 other Mexican inmates on death row, the ICJ had held Texas in breach of the Vienna convention, which gives prisoners in foreign jails the right to seek assistance from their home country ...

"Not all international obligations automatically constitute binding federal law enforceable in US courts," <Chief Justice Roberts> wrote ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/26/usa.mexico

The Supreme Court is even further to the right then the Bush Administration. Didn't even think that was possible...:(