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[Occhidiangela]

To paint the lily, treaties ratified by the US have the force of federal law, until congress overrides them.

So, the Geneva Conventions and the United Nations Convention Against Torture are not just general principles. They are US law.

-Jester

For you and Thecla:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124243020964825531.html

Please take a look at that perspective, and remember:

If you make taking a legal opinion illegal, you have to jail any justice who writes a dissenting opinion in the SC, since case law becomes law.

Think about that.

Next, when you cite international law, by all means, come into my country and try to arrest my people.

I'll shoot to kill, be it Obama you are after or Cheney.

That is why I asked about a US statute. Therein lies any possible legal case. The targets must be the authors of policy, not the legal counsel whose opinion they sought.

Lawyers loophole dive all the time, and do so for a variety of reasons. You just happen to disagree with this loophole dive. It's the decision makers who will, or will not, be held to account.

Guess what. They are rich enough to hire good lawyers.

Do you really think this is anything more than a political load of horsecrap?

I don't.

The current Attorney General seems to me clear thinking: move on, move forward.

Of course, he could cave in to political pressure and convene a trial.

What are the odd he would win?

Occhi