Tag: Law
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Madison: Why the Powerful Should Obey the Law
Hi, In drafting the U.S. Constitution, Madison and the other founders confronted very much the same dilemma that the world community confronts today in dealing with American hegemony. The question, as the framers posed it, was why the powerful should have any incentive to obey the law. Madison’s answer, in the Federalist Papers, was that the…
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John Locke Justifies the Theft of Land from Native Americans
Let’s talk John Locke. On 16 January 1811, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to Benjamin Rush stating: The room being hung around with a collection of the portraits of remarkable men, among them were those of Bacon, Newton & Locke. Hamilton asked me who they were. I told him they were my trinity of the…
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World Court: U.S. is Guilty of International Terrorism
Hi, In 1986, the United States was found guilty by the International Court of Justice of breaching international law by engaging in international terrorism. The case is known the Case Concerning the Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America). The International Court of Justice (ICJ), which has its seat…
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The United States and the ICC: An Alarming Declaration to the World
In Rome on July 17, 1998, 120 nations voted to create a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) to try war crimes, crimes against humanity, crime of aggression, and genocide. Only seven nations opposed the measure, including Iraq, China, Israel and the United States. On 11 April 2002, the ratifications necessary for entry into force of…
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“The Problem is Civil Obedience” – Howard Zinn
Excerpt from the book “Voices of a People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove, Seven Stories Press, 2004 Howard Zinn, “The Problem is Civil Obedience” (November 1970) I start from the supposition that the world is topsy-turvy, that things are all wrong, that the wrong people are in jail and…