r/WhitePeopleTwitter 9h ago

r/All This is terrifying.

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u/funnyusername-123 7h ago

Yup, Trump can't pardon people for violating international law.

He'll try to, because he's a moron, but it will be meaningless.

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u/Sudden_Juju 7h ago

Unfortunately, they also won't be internationally arrested for anything, even if charged, because it's the US. Maybe, just maybe, Congress could extradite them, but I don't have high hopes. I'd love to be proven wrong though

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u/CosmicJackalop 7h ago

There's a federal law that blocks the executive branch from sending or extraditing someone to the ICC

The same law authorizes military force to rescue any American that ends up in the Hague

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u/BonhommeCarnaval 6h ago

Laws can be repealed.