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,
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“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?
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Did the Saudis Kidnap and Murder Journalist Jamal Khashoggi?
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UK’s MI5 in Court for Covert Policy Allowing Agents to Commit Serious Crimes
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Politicizing Public Transit in Toronto
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Illegal Sanctions: Pompeo Arranges Mass Starvation of Iranian People
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For Those of Us Who Believe
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World Court Rules on the Illegality of US Sanctions against Iran
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US Withdraws From International Treaties, Slams UN World Court
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Israeli Settlers Flood Khan al-Ahmar with Wastewater
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Palestine Files Lawsuit Against US at the International Court of Justice
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27th Straight Bloody Friday in Gaza. Israeli Forces Kill Children
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American Bar Association (ABA) Calls for Investigating Sexual Assault Charges Against Judge Kavanaugh
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Before Pointing its Finger at Russia and Syria, the U.S. Should Answer for Its Own Chemical and Biological Weapons Record
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September 24, 2018
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September 24, 2018
Trump, Israeli Regime-Sponsored Terrorist Attack in Iran?
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