As a branch of government it is unique from the other two branches of government – the legislative. and executive branches – in that the supreme Justices are arbiters of what is allowed or prevented by the US Constitution as the ultimate source of the rule of law in America.
Law and Justice
Saleh v. Bush involves claims by an Iraqi woman, Sundus Shaker Saleh, that former President George W. Bush and other high ranking Bush-era officials broke the law when they planned and waged the Iraq War.
The case, Saleh v. Bush, involves claims by an Iraqi mother that George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Paul Wolfowitz — waged a war of aggression against Iraq in 2003,
Saudi Arabia Initiates a Court Devoted to Human Rights, NOT Satire!
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February 29, 2016
“Promote the human dignity, justice, equality and the rule of law”? Will any Saudi official involved in human rights violations not to mention State support of terrorist organizations in Syria, Iraq, be called to account to the Court?
The Fate of the ICC: When Law and Politics Mix
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January 12, 2015
Obama Lied About His Intent to Prosecute Wall Street Banksters
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January 11, 2015
Is Abbas’ war crimes bid against Israel a big bluff?
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January 09, 2015
Black People’s Grand Jury Indicts Cop for First Degree Murder of Michael Brown
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January 09, 2015
Palestine Accedes to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Rome Statute and other International Instruments
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January 09, 2015
Washington Buries the CIA Torture Report
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January 08, 2015
Haiti: Legislators Refuse to Legitimize the Appointment of New Prime Minister Evans Paul
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January 07, 2015
State Departments of Agriculture are Attempting to Regulate Seed Banks Out of Existence
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January 06, 2015
Presidents Are Gods
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January 06, 2015
Colombia: Families of Murdered Union Leaders Killed by the Army Lose U.S. Lawsuit Against Occidental Petroleum
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January 05, 2015
Israeli-Palestinian Relations and the International Criminal Court (ICC): Will the U.S. Retaliate with New Sanctions on Israel’s Behalf?
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January 04, 2015
Police State USA: Twitter Post Prompts Arrest of Teenager for “Terrorist” Threats against Police
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January 03, 2015
Netanyahu gets Carte Blanche to continue Illegal settlement in Occupied Territories as America surrenders to Zionist Lobbyists
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January 01, 2015
UN Security Council Rejects Proposal for Palestinian Statehood and Full Military Withdrawal of Israeli Occupation Forces
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December 31, 2014
2014: The Year the American Justice System Officially Died
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December 31, 2014
Jimmy Carter Takes a Stance against South Korea’s “National Security Law” and Imprisonment of Rep. Lee Seok-ki
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December 31, 2014
Australia Silences Criticism Of Vaccines, Benefits of Homeopathy
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December 30, 2014
The Erosion of Democracy in South Korea: The Dissolution of the Unified Progressive Party (UPP) and the Incarceration of Rep. Lee Seok-ki
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December 29, 2014
Illegal “Electronic Spying” and “Surveillance” of Americans, Internal NSA Reports
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December 28, 2014
New York City Mayor Calls for a Halt to Protests against Police Violence
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December 23, 2014
Federal Court Gives “Early Christmas Present” to War Criminals Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Others, Immunizing Them From Civil Inquiry Regarding Iraq War
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December 22, 2014
New York City Police Pledge “Wartime” Response to Killing of Two Officers
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December 22, 2014
Former British Citizen “Illegally Interrogated”, Threatened with Physical and Sexual Abuse by US Officials in Djibouti
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December 21, 2014
Will the Real David Cameron Please Stand Up?
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December 21, 2014
American Exceptionalism and American Torture
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December 20, 2014
US Governments Argument Against Barrett Brown “Should Chill Journalists to the Bone”
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December 19, 2014
The End of Democracy in the Republic of Korea: Imminent Threat To Political Expression and Civil Rights
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December 18, 2014
Freedom for the Remaining “Cuban Five”
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December 18, 2014
“Cuban Five” at Heart of US-Cuba Deal
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December 18, 2014
Torture Impunity, Police Shootings and the Authoritarian U.S. State
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December 17, 2014
Torture Architect Tries to Justify Program … Fails Miserably
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December 16, 2014
Leader of African-American Community Organization Edward Pinkney Sentenced by Michigan Court
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December 16, 2014
US Government Officials Admit: We’ll Torture Again, Unless You Prosecute Us
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December 15, 2014
Howard University Law Students on Eric Garner, Michael Brown and the Standards of Proof in the US Justice System
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December 15, 2014
Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Is the Mavi Marmara Trial Political Expediency or a Real Quest for Justice?
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December 15, 2014
Federal Judges Overturn Insider Trading Convictions
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December 14, 2014
Brennan’s Defense of CIA Torture
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December 14, 2014
Newly Released E-Mails Reveal Cheney Pressured DOJ to Approve Torture
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December 14, 2014
“Net Neutrality”: The Citizens of the Internet Can Defeat the Telecom Mafia
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December 14, 2014
Canadian Government Lies over Complicity in CIA Torture
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December 13, 2014
Corruption Is Now Officially Legal in the U.S., “But Must Be Done Right”
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December 13, 2014
What’s the Next Step to Stop Torture?
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December 12, 2014
How to Legalize Torture, Turning to Israel for Inspiration: CIA Cites Israeli Court Ruling to “Justify” Its Torture Program
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December 12, 2014
Who’s Right … Torture Defenders or Critics?
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December 12, 2014
Congress Authorizes Unlimited Spying on US Citizens
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December 12, 2014
US Torture Report Exposes European Powers’ Involvement in CIA Crimes
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December 12, 2014
Torture, Police Killings and the Militarization of America
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December 12, 2014
For Protesting US Drone Strikes, Prosecutor Told Judge I Must “Be Rehabilitated”
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December 12, 2014
Bhopal: A Metaphor
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December 12, 2014
Lawless US Sanctions on Venezuela
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December 11, 2014
CIA “Black Sites”, Rogue Activities and the Senate Torture Report
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December 11, 2014
Senate CIA Torture Report: Bringing Criminal Charges Against Bush Administration, Complicated, Possibly Fruitless Pursuit?
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December 11, 2014
Congress Just Passed Legislation Ramping Up Mass Surveillance to Super-Steroid Levels
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December 11, 2014
US: Impunity for Killer Cops at Home and Legal Immunity for Military Personnel Overseas
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December 11, 2014
The Role of 9/11 in Justifying Torture and War: The Criminalization of the US State Apparatus. Senate Report on CIA Torture is a Whitewash
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December 11, 2014
CIA Torture. United States Violate Geneva Conventions to Which All Other NATO Members, and The EU, are Parties
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December 11, 2014
Rwanda and the BBC’s “Genocide Denial”. Kagame’s “Commission of Inquiry”
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December 10, 2014
Mexico: Murders and Disappearances of the Students of Ayotzinapa Was a Crime of the State
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December 10, 2014
Torture: An Executive Summary
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December 09, 2014
US Forces on Global Alert ahead of CIA Torture Report
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December 09, 2014
Justice Department Interventions Will Not Halt Police Violence Across America
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December 09, 2014
Discriminatory International Justice and the Quest for a New World Judicial Order: ICC Drops Charges Against Pres. Uhuru Kenyatta
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December 09, 2014
Congress Gives Native American Lands to Foreign Mining Company With New NDAA
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December 08, 2014
Ferguson Worked as Intended: For the Maintenance of White Supremacy in America
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December 07, 2014
Report on Cleveland Exposes National Epidemic of Police Killings and Abuse
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December 06, 2014
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Attempt to Silence Mumia Abu-Jamal
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December 06, 2014
“The White People Problem” in America
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December 04, 2014
Challenging Israel’s House Demolition Policy
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December 04, 2014
Sex Crimes in the US Military: The Safety and Protection of Women in the Armed Forces
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December 04, 2014
US Cops Celebrate Decision Not to Indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for Choking Eric Garner to Death
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December 04, 2014
Egyptian Regime Imposes Death Penalties on Nearly 200 People
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December 04, 2014
Ferguson: Policing Policies in Black America Violate International Treaties Against Torture
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December 04, 2014
Thousands of Mexican Workers and Youth Demand Peña Nieto’s Resignation
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December 03, 2014
Ukraine, A “Suspect in Crime” involved in the MH17 Criminal Investigation
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December 03, 2014
From Ferguson to Detroit: The Fight against Racism and the Economic Crisis
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December 03, 2014
HSBC Accused of Provinding Illegal Financial Services, Money Laundering and Organized Tax Fraud
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December 02, 2014
Israeli Counterterrorism Bill Bans Palestinian Flag
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December 01, 2014
Barbed Wire and Tear Gas in Cairo as Protesters Rise After Mubarak Acquittal
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December 01, 2014
US Supreme Court To Consider Limiting Internet First Amendment
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December 01, 2014
Israel’s New Basic Law: “Institutionalizing Jewish Law”
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November 30, 2014