Post Tagged with: "international law"

May 20, 2011 07:01

GOP blocks radical judge with Soros ties

Goodwin Liu chaired the radical American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) which receives funding from George Soros’ Open Society Institute and other left wing sugar daddies.

May 20, 2011 06:45

GOP plus 1 blocks most radical judicial nominee in history

All Obama’s judicial nominees are left wing radicals that believe in creating public policy from the bench to achieve left wing goals that cannot be achieved through the lawful legislative process but Goodwin Liu is probably the most radical.

January 11, 2011 12:28

Obama and Leftist academics are orchestrating an international power play to move outside of our legal systems

John Bolton: They find much greater prospects for success in international forums like the United Nations than in the U.S. Congress. Hence, the role and limits of international law, determining what is legally binding for our international conduct and domestic policy, will be a critical area of debate in the coming years.

August 24, 2010 05:38

Protecting Parents’ Rights from Activist Judges

A campaign is underway this month to draw attention for the need to act now against potential ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Toward that end, Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) has sponsored S. Res. 519, which currently has 30 co-sponsors. By signing S. Res. 519, these Senators have publicly stated their opposition to ratification of the UNCRC. “If the government or the international community can tell you how to raise your children here in America,” DeMint asks, “is there anything that’s off limits?”

July 28, 2010 04:47

Will the U.S. Hand Chávez a License to Kill?

Chávez’s record of providing money, arms, political support, and, yes, safe haven to groups waging a murderous war against a sovereign state openly violates international law. If the United States and our neighbors fail to muster a meaningful response to Colombia’s latest evidence and formal appeal for help, they will share the blame for giving Chávez’s bandit regime a license to kill.

May 18, 2010 17:56

Supreme Court sites international law in juvenile life sentence case

The Court cited the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and other international law to buttress its constitutional interpretation. “It is bad enough for the Supreme Court to engage in judicial activism. It is far worse when the justices employ international law in support of their far-reaching edicts,” said Michael Farris, chairman of HSLDA. “We have not ratified the UN child’s rights treaty–its provisions should not be finding their way into Supreme Court decisions.”