(6 hours ago)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(10 hours ago)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Any warrants issued by the ICC would be invalid. If they were to follow up by arresting an American citizen, it would probably constitute kidnapping.
Boru
Restricting their travel would likely be the upshot, sure. But kidnapping? I'm not so sure, so long as Hegseth et al leave America on their own volition.
The US claim is that the ICC has no jurisdiction over its citizens, even if they commit a crime on the soil of a signatory nation. I’m not a lawyer (I just play one on message boards), but I have the feeling that if the ICC ever did arrest a USian, the fallout would be unpleasant, give the current trigger-happy mindset of the regime.
Boru
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